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GHSA-5567-C6HM-CGJH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-28 18:30 – Updated: 2025-08-28 18:30

Details

Incorrect authorization in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via the built-in reporting_user role which incorrectly has the ability to access all Kibana Spaces.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2025-25010 (GCVE-0-2025-25010)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-28 15:52 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:47

Title

Kibana privilege escalation via reporting_user role

Summary

Incorrect authorization in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via the built-in reporting_user role which incorrectly has the ability to access all Kibana Spaces.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-08-29 03:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

elastic mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-0-6-9-1-3-s…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Elastic	Kibana	Affected: 9.0.0 , ≤ 9.0.5 (semver) Affected: 9.1.0 , ≤ 9.1.2 (semver)

Date Public

2025-08-28 15:48

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