CVE-2026-78593 - Improper Control of Generation of Code in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation

CVE-2026-78593 - Improper Control of Generation of Code in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Thu, 09/03/2026 - 22:30
CVE ID :CVE-2026-78593
Published : Sept. 3, 2026, 6:35 p.m. | 28 minutes ago
Description :An insufficiently validated configuration field in Kibana's Cribl integration allows an authenticated user holding Kibana Fleet management privileges to inject attacker-controlled expressions into a server-side script template, resulting in an Elasticsearch ingest pipeline being written beyond the caller's authorized Elasticsearch permissions.
Severity: 4.3 | MEDIUM
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