CVE-2026-72668
NVD: Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') (CWE-441) in Kibana Agent Builder can lead to privilege escalation. NVD: A non-administrative user able to edit a shared agent could cause privileged operations to be carried out under the identity of a higher-privileged user who subsequently interacts with that agent. NVD: Where the same user can also author workflows, this can extend to full administrative control of Kibana and of the Elasticsearch cluster.
7.3 Severity
HIGH EPSS
0.0018 (7) KEV
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Source-published summary
NVD: Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') (CWE-441) in Kibana Agent Builder can lead to privilege escalation. NVD: A non-administrative user able to edit a shared agent could cause privileged operations to be carried out under the identity of a higher-privileged user who subsequently interacts with that agent. NVD: Where the same user can also author workflows, this can extend to full administrative control of Kibana and of the Elasticsearch cluster.
Possible impact
Source describes privilege escalation risk. Possible impact: An attacker may cross a privilege boundary and gain more access than intended.
Affected context
Affected product or version requires source confirmation.
Remediation / advisory
Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory.
Why it matters
Source describes privilege escalation risk. Possible impact: An attacker may cross a privilege boundary and gain more access than intended.; CVSS 7.3 (HIGH); EPSS percentile 7; not listed in KEV; Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory; sources: NVD.
What to verify
Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.
Exposure hint
exposure unknown
Impact tags
Urgency reasons
Source-derived note
Summary derived from NVD description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.
Redaction metadata
- source summary used
- True
- fallback summary used
- False
- unsafe procedural detail present
- false
- raw source displayed
- false
- public summary redacted
- true
Remediation handoff
Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.
Safety note
This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.