{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including kibana and elk.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72668 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade kibana to 9.4.7 or later.","what":"CVE-2026-72668 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 26 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72668 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72668 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 26 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72668 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- kibana (Bitnami): affected from 9.4.0; fixed in 9.4.7\n- elk (Bitnami): affected from 9.4.0; fixed in 9.4.7\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72668/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72668/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72668","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72668/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72668","record":{"aliases":["BIT-elk-2026-72668","BIT-kibana-2026-72668","GHSA-r4ff-jqf2-8p5g","MINI-fm9w-337j-gjhw"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Kibana Agent Builder","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A non-admin user can escalate privileges to full administrative control by manipulating shared agents in Kibana Agent Builder.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"elastic","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-441","name":"Unintended Proxy or Intermediary"}],"description":"Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') (CWE-441) in Kibana Agent Builder can lead to privilege escalation. A non-administrative user able to edit a shared agent could cause privileged operations to be carried out under the identity of a higher-privileged user who subsequently interacts with that agent. Where the same user can also author workflows, this can extend to full administrative control of Kibana and of the Elasticsearch cluster.","ecosystems":["Bitnami"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2026-72668","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Cross-User Information Disclosure and Data Tampering","id":"CVE-2026-72669"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["9.4.7"],"introduced":["9.4.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"elk","purl":"pkg:bitnami/elk","source":"BIT-elk-2026-72668"},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["9.4.7"],"introduced":["9.4.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"kibana","purl":"pkg:bitnami/kibana","source":"BIT-kibana-2026-72668"}],"prev":{"headline":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service","id":"CVE-2026-72667"},"products":["Kibana"],"published":"2026-09-26","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-09-29","vendors":["Elastic"]},"summary":"A non-admin user can escalate privileges to full administrative control by manipulating shared agents in Kibana Agent Builder.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72668/"}