CVE-2026-115294: Elastic Kibana path traversal in Fleet feature

CVE-2026-115294 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-11-03

Kibana is a visualization and analytics platform used to monitor and analyze data in Elasticsearch. A low-privileged user with Fleet agent policies write access can manipulate file paths to cause an administrator to inadvertently delete organizational resources like Kibana spaces that the attacker cannot access directly. This requires the administrator to interact with the Fleet interface, making it a privilege escalation vector for unauthorized resource destruction.

Technologies: Elastic Kibana. Vendors: Elastic.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-115294 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-115294 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-115294?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 3 November 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Elastic Kibana 9.3.0 through 9.4.8, 9.5.0 through 9.5.5.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-115294?
Yes: fixed in Kibana 9.4.9, 9.5.6. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-115294 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-115294?
Check whether you run Elastic Kibana at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: Kibana 9.4.9, 9.5.6

Technical details

A path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in Kibana's Fleet feature allows a low-privileged user with Fleet agent policies write permissions to craft malicious input that bypasses pathname restrictions. When an administrator performs subsequent actions on the affected Fleet interface, the attacker's manipulated paths cause unintended resources to be targeted for deletion. The vulnerability requires administrative interaction and affects Kibana 9.3.0 through 9.4.8 and 9.5.0 through 9.5.5.

Affected products

  • Elastic Kibana 9.3.0 through 9.4.8, 9.5.0 through 9.5.5

Timeline

  • 2026-11-03: disclosed

References

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