CVE-2025-68422
MEDIUMKibana 7.0.0-7.17.29 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Crafted HTTP Request
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
8.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (2)
elastic/kibana
9.2.0
elastic/kibana
7.0.0 - 7.17.29
Published
Dec 18, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026