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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-78591 EUVD-2026-70062GHSA-h75q-rv72-9xq7

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Resource Deletion

Published Sep 2, 2026 · Updated Sep 2, 2026 · Assigned by elastic

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) in the Kibana Fleet feature can lead to the unauthorized deletion of resources via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). A low-privileged user could cause a subsequent action taken by a higher-privileged user in the Fleet administration interface to act on an unintended target, resulting in the deletion of resources including accounts with elevated privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Elastic Kibana 8.0.0 – ≤ 8.19.16, 9.0.0 – ≤ 9.3.5, 9.4.0 – ≤ 9.4.2 —

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