# CVE-2026-72662 — Elastic Kibana

> As of 2026-09-26, CVE-2026-72662 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, CVSS v3.1 6.3, EPSS 0.1% (5.9th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-72662 as of 2026-09-26; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-09-26

## What is CVE-2026-72662?

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized disclosure, modification, and deletion of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user granted the Timeline feature privilege in a Kibana space could enumerate, read, modify, and delete draft Timeline objects belonging to other users in the same space. Read access is sufficient for enumeration and disclosure; the Timeline write privilege is required for modification and deletion.

The record classifies CVE-2026-72662 under weakness class [CWE-639](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-639). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 9 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 6.3 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.9% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 3.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-09-26

## Is CVE-2026-72662 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 31 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Elastic](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/elastic): Kibana

## How to fix CVE-2026-72662

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-72662 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-72662

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-72662, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-09-28.

**Other references**

- [discuss.elastic.co](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-22-9-4-6-security-update-esa-2026-103/390679)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-72662
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-72662 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp