Elastic Fleet Proxy Config Disclosure via Read Agent Policy Privilege
CVE-2026-72670 Published on August 13, 2026
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Kibana Leading to Disclosure of Fleet Proxy Credentials
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-72670 is exploitable with network access, and requires 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 a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2026-72670 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-72670
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Affected Versions
Elastic Kibana:- Version 8.0.0, <= 8.19.19 is affected.
- Version 9.0.0, <= 9.4.4 is affected.