CVE-2026-72658

HIGHPre-NVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-13. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery (CAPEC-62). A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when it is opened by another user, causes authenticated requests to be issued to Kibana in the context of the viewing user's session.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(high)
EG Risk
33(Track)
EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity73% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 13, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Kibana 8.19.20 and 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-99) - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-20-and-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-99/389529

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72658(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 38× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 00:22 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 11:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 23:18 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-19 23:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 10:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 22:18 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-18 22:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 09:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 21:18 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 21:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-17 08:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 20:18 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-16 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-16 07:47 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-16 07:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-15 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-15 06:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-15 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-14 17:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-14 05:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-14 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-14 04:24 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-14 04:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-13 21:22 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-13 20:38 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-13 20:21 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-13 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-13 19:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72658?
CVE-2026-72658 is a high vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery (CAPEC-62). A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when it is opened by another user, causes authenticated requests to be…
When was CVE-2026-72658 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72658 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72658 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72658 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72658?
CVE-2026-72658 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72658?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72658, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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