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CVE-2026-49095

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) in the Kibana Fleet agent policy management feature can lead to privilege escalation. An authenticated user with Fleet management privileges can manipulate agent policy configuration by injecting values into a configuration override mechanism that is not adequately validated. An attacker can cause Elastic Agents to be issued API keys with elevated Elasticsearch privileges, potentially granting unauthorized read and write access to sensitive Elasticsearch securi
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:6e9fcbe9157543ff9f36cc39d217b3b26cb90d45fa1574ba3d9f07ab25744a94
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Kibana","vendor":"Elastic","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"9.3.4","status":"affected","version":"9.0.0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"9.4.1","status":"affected","version":"9.4.0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"8.19.15","status":"affected","version":"8.0.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:718aa87003488faed9bf29a13ead6fba6c56327e8dad8d791975e5823640bb0e · sha256:69821eb87137bf30… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.2,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:718aa87003488faed9bf29a13ead6fba6c56327e8dad8d791975e5823640bb0e · sha256:69821eb87137bf30… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-20","description":"CWE-20 Improper Input Validation","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:718aa87003488faed9bf29a13ead6fba6c56327e8dad8d791975e5823640bb0e · sha256:69821eb87137bf30… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fleet-8-19-16-9-3-5-and-9-4-2-security-update-esa-2026-38/386559"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:718aa87003488faed9bf29a13ead6fba6c56327e8dad8d791975e5823640bb0e · sha256:69821eb87137bf30… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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