CVE-2025-68422 (GCVE-0-2025-68422)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-18 22:32 – Updated: 2025-12-19 15:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Kibana Improper Authorization
Summary
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-19 15:37 UTC
CWE
- CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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