GHSA-v7q8-5286-xfvf

GHSA-v7q8-5286-xfvf PUBLISHED CVSS 4.300000190734863 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published December 19, 2025

Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
kibana-8.19	Chainguard	8.19.11-r0
kibana-8.18	Chainguard	8.18.8-r10
kibana-8.17	Chainguard	8.17.10-r11

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

4.300000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
chainguard	kibana-8.19	0
chainguard	kibana-8.18	0
chainguard	kibana-8.17	0

Timeline

Dec 19, 2025 CVE Published
Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory

Query this with the API

The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-v7q8-5286-xfvf
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-v7q8-5286-xfvf

Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:

curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-v7q8-5286-xfvf/fixes/registry"

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