Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-38/384186 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
23 Dec 2025, 19:07
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-38/384186 - Vendor Advisory | |
| First Time |
Elastic
Elastic kibana |
18 Dec 2025, 23:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-12-18 23:15
Updated : 2025-12-23 19:07
NVD link : CVE-2025-68386
Mitre link : CVE-2025-68386
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-68386
JSON object : View
Products Affected
elastic
- kibana
CWE
CWE-863
Incorrect Authorization