CVE-2026-72670

HIGHPre-NVD 7.77.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-13. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

A lower privileged user who holds only the privilege to read agent policies can read the entire configuration of a configured Fleet proxy. This would normally require the Fleet privilege to read settings.The proxy configuration possibly contains proxy authentication credentials and private key material that they should not be authorized to view.

CVSS v3
7.7
EG Score
7.7(high)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: 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
Severity77% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 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-2026-87) - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-20-and-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-87/389524

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72670(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 30× in last 7d / 35× 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. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 20:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 20:56 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 20:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 08:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 20:58 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-18 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 21:02 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 21:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-17 09:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 21:09 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-16 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-16 09:11 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-16 09:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-15 21:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-15 09:18 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-15 09:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-14 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-14 09:20 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-14 09:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-13 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-13 20:57 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-13 20:22 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-13 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-13 19:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72670?
CVE-2026-72670 is a high vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. A lower privileged user who holds only the privilege to read agent policies can read the entire configuration of a configured Fleet proxy. This would normally require the Fleet privilege to read settings.The proxy configuration possibly contains proxy authentication credentials and private key…
When was CVE-2026-72670 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72670 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72670 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72670 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 76.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72670?
CVE-2026-72670 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72670?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72670, 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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