CVE details
CVE-2026-4498
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in Kibana’s Fleet plugin debug route handlers can lead reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). This requires an authenticated Kibana user with Fleet sub-feature privileges (such as agents, agent policies, and settings management).
Matched ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| textproc/kibana91 | kibana91 | 9.1.10 | unaddressed | elastic@FreeBSD.org |
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Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>kibana91</name>
<range><lt>8.19.14</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in Kibana’s Fleet
plugin debug route handlers can lead reading index data beyond their
direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). This
requires an authenticated Kibana user with Fleet sub-feature
privileges (such as agents, agent policies, and settings management).</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2026-4498</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4498</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2026-04-08</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-26</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>