CVE-2026-78599

EUVD-2026-70060

02.09.2026, 15:17

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 internal resources via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). A low-privileged user holding Fleet write access could cause a subsequent administrative delete action to act on unintended internal resources. Exploitation requires an administrator to interact with the affected Fleet interface.

Path Traversal

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
elastic	CNA	6.5 MEDIUM	NETWORK	LOW	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: Unknown

Early Detection

Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.

Vendor	Product	Version	Source
elastic	kibana	8.0.0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 8.19.17	CNA
elastic	kibana	9.0.0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 9.4.2	CNA

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

Vulnerability Media Exposure

[GERMAN] Kibana: Mehrere Schwachstellen
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Kibana ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen.
Published: 2026-09-01T22:00:00+00:00

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-18-9-4-3-security-update-esa-2026-157/390112