CVE-2026-78584 (GCVE-0-2026-78584)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-02 14:43 – Updated: 2026-09-02 15:58
VLAI
Title
Observable Response Discrepancy in Kibana Leading to Cross-Space Information Disclosure
Summary
Observable Response Discrepancy (CWE-204) in the Kibana Osquery feature can lead to information disclosure via Query System for Information (CAPEC-54). An authenticated user holding Osquery live-query privileges could determine whether a scheduled query identifier exists in a Kibana space they are not authorized to access.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-02 15:45 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-204 - Observable Response Discrepancy
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Elastic Kibana Affected: 9.4.0 , ≤ 9.4.3 (semver)
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