CVE-2026-72630 Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Fleet Leading to Privilege Escalation

High 7.1 Published 13 Aug 2026 Updated 14 Aug 2026

Authenticated users with limited privileges can escalate permissions by modifying integration policies in Kibana Fleet due to incorrect authorization checks.

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-2026-72630?

CVE-2026-72630 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 13 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana Fleet can lead to privilege escalation via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). Fleet restricts some callers to managing integration policies for one specific integration. When an existing integration policy was updated, that restriction was evaluated against the integration recorded on the stored policy rather than against the replacement integration supplied with the update. An authenticated user holding only the Elastic Defend endpoint policy management privilege was therefore able to convert an endpoint policy they administer into a policy for a different integration, and to supply that integration's configuration at the same time.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72630?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including kibana and elk. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`kibana` Bitnami	From `8.19.0`	`8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1`
`elk` Bitnami	From `8.19.0`	`8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1`

Products include Elastic Kibana.

How do I fix CVE-2026-72630?

Upgrade kibana to a fixed version for your release line: 8.19.20, 9.4.5 or 9.5.1.

Is CVE-2026-72630 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72630 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-elk-2026-72630, BIT-kibana-2026-72630, GHSA-27vh-vgp3-g3pg, MINI-29x6-jcjr-mrjf, MINI-72cc-5p6p-42mh, MINI-8vgx-f64f-756w and 4 more.