CVE-2026-49095

Improper Input Validation in Kibana Fleet Leading to Privilege Escalation

State
Published
Severity
7.2 High
Published
May 28, 2026
Updated
May 30, 2026
Reserved
May 27, 2026

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Description

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) in the Kibana Fleet agent policy management feature can lead to privilege escalation. An authenticated user with Fleet management privileges can manipulate agent policy configuration by injecting values into a configuration override mechanism that is not adequately validated. An attacker can cause Elastic Agents to be issued API keys with elevated Elasticsearch privileges, potentially granting unauthorized read and write access to sensitive Elasticsearch security indices beyond what is intended for the Fleet management role.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nelastic

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
KibanaElastic
  • 9.0.0 through 9.3.4Affected
  • 9.4.0 through 9.4.1Affected
  • 8.0.0 through 8.19.15Affected

References

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