{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "9.4.0"
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              {
                "fixed": "9.4.5"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
          },
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              "introduced": "2e8528e92361c3399724226deaf2b46f933e925b"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "adc1f04ffdd393d1977990338d5512c5eaf1ce94"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "9.4.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "9.4.5"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "b2e39752e03b56f48f51943214475ddba1f8e974"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "bc80ff828630b51dd591207f43a54ea5ebf53270"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/kibana",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "elastic",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/78xxx/CVE-2026-78601.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
      {
        "extracted_events": [
          {
            "introduced": "9.4.0"
          },
          {
            "last_affected": "9.4.4"
          }
        ],
        "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to a Kibana Entity Store configuration operation, allowing an authenticated user with elevated Kibana privileges to indirectly cause a background task to read from Elasticsearch indices that user is not authorized to access. Derived entity data from those indices is then exposed through the entity store output.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-78601",
  "modified": "2026-09-05T03:30:28.659568940Z",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:43:07.918Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-147/390107"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/78xxx/CVE-2026-78601.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78601"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Elasticsearch Index Data Exposure"
}