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.
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Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic kibana
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic kibana

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Kibana Improper Authorization
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-19T15:37:15.618Z

Reserved: 2025-12-17T14:30:39.402Z

Link: CVE-2025-68422

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-19T15:37:10.867Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-12-18T23:15:49.873

Modified: 2025-12-23T19:08:18.093

Link: CVE-2025-68422

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-18T22:32:17Z

Links: CVE-2025-68422 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-12-19T09:15:32Z

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