CVE-2026-49092 Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Information Exposure
A confused deputy flaw in Kibana allows lower-privileged users to access unauthorized data by leveraging another user's privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-49092?
CVE-2026-49092 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 21 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') (CWE-441) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized information exposure via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). Under certain conditions, a lower-privileged user can cause data from sources they are not authorized to access to be processed using another user's privileges.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-49092?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including kibana and elk. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
kibana Bitnami | From 9.4.0 | 9.4.3 |
elk Bitnami | From 9.4.0 | 9.4.3 |
Products include Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2026-49092?
Upgrade kibana to 9.4.3 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-49092 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-49092 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as BIT-elk-2026-49092, BIT-kibana-2026-49092, GHSA-2529-45pr-jcrg, MINI-xfpm-g6g8-9245.