Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of Kibana resources via Relative Path Traversal (CAPEC-139). Kibana Fleet accepted a user-supplied identifier for a Fleet Server host configuration without rejecting relative traversal sequences. The identifier is stored as provided and is later incorporated into the request that Kibana issues when that configuration is removed.

Project Subscriptions

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of Kibana resources via Relative Path Traversal (CAPEC-139). Kibana Fleet accepted a user-supplied identifier for a Fleet Server host configuration without rejecting relative traversal sequences. The identifier is stored as provided and is later incorporated into the request that Kibana issues when that configuration is removed.
Title Relative Path Traversal in Kibana Fleet Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Users and Other Resources
Weaknesses CWE-23
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T20:31:50.086Z

Reserved: 2026-08-10T11:17:49.704Z

Link: CVE-2026-72677

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T20:17:28.373

Modified: 2026-08-13T20:17:28.373

Link: CVE-2026-72677

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses