Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-68386

Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even thou

Published Dec 18, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 19, 2025 · Elastic Kibana

Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68386. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Elastic Kibana is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.19%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Elastic Kibana 9.0.0 ≤9.1.7

Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Elastic Kibana 9.0.0 ≤9.1.79.0.0 ≤9.1.7

How to fix CVE-2025-68386

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68386. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Elastic Kibana is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Elastic Kibana 9.0.0 ≤9.1.7 9.0.0 ≤9.1.7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.19%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 18, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.

  2. Dec 19, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-68386

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-68386

    30-day exploitation probability 0.19%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-204406

    Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 2, 2026
  • EUVDNov 1, 2026