Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-33462

Title: Kibana Path Traversal in Dashboard Management

Path Traversal

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-33462.

CWE Category CWE-22
Published Date May 28, 2026
Modified Date May 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.6 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.22%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-33462: A path traversal vulnerability was identified in Kibana's dashboard management functionality. An authenticated user with limited permissions could create a dashboard with a specially crafted identifier. When an administrator subsequently attempts to delete this dashboard through the Kibana interface, the deletion request is redirected to an unintended internal endpoint, potentially resulting in the unauthorized deletion of user accounts or other resources. Exploitation requires an administrator to perform a delete action on the maliciously crafted dashboard object.

Impacted Vendors

E
elastic 1
E
elasticsearch 1

Reference Links

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-and-9-3-5-security-update-esa-2026-30/386545
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-33462 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.