Kibana Dashboard PKG Path Traversal Allows Admin Deletion of Arbitrary Accounts
CVE-2026-33462 Published on May 28, 2026
Path Traversal in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of User Accounts
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-33462 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2026-33462 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-33462
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Affected Versions
Elastic Kibana:- Version 9.0.0, <= 9.3.4 is affected.
- Version 8.0.0, <= 8.19.15 is affected.