# CVE-2026-78582 — Elastic Kibana

> As of 2026-09-26, CVE-2026-78582 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, CVSS v3.1 6.5, EPSS 0.1% (7.1th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-78582 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-2026-78582?

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized deletion of data via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (CAPEC-180). An authenticated user holding Synthetics privileges scoped to a single Kibana space could permanently delete Synthetics monitors that are shared into spaces they have no access to. Where a monitor is associated with a private location, the same operation also destroys the underlying Elastic Agent integration configuration without the authorization checks that Fleet would otherwise apply.

The record classifies CVE-2026-78582 under weakness class [CWE-862](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-862). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on integrity. 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:** 6.5 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 3.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-09-26

## Is CVE-2026-78582 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-2026-78582

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-78582 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-2026-78582

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-78582, 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-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-3-security-update-esa-2026-139/390680)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-78582
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-78582 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp