CVE-2026-72660

Q: How do I fix CVE-2026-72660?

Upgrade kibana to 8.19.20 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2026-72660 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-72660 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.37% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 30% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-72660?

CVE-2026-72660 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2026-72660 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for kibana (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Uncaught Exception (CWE-248), resulting from Improper Input Validation (CWE-20), in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). An authenticated user holding only low-privileged access can cause an internal error condition in Kibana by supplying specially crafted data. The resulting error is raised on an execution path so it propagates as an uncaught exception and terminates the Kibana process. Kibana is unavailable to all users until the service is restarted, and the condition can be triggered repeatedly.

CWE-248

How to fix

Remediation Available

kibanaNVD

Affected:>= 8.0.0, < 8.19.20Fixed in:8.19.20CVE-2026-72660derived from NVD

Affected:>= 9.0.0, < 9.3.8Fixed in:9.3.8CVE-2026-72660derived from NVD

Affected:>= 9.4.0, < 9.4.5Fixed in:9.4.5CVE-2026-72660derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

discuss.elastic.co

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-248 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-59538	High	7.5	8.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-53366	High	8.7	7.3%	-	-
CVE-2021-37714	High	7.5	6.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-11466	Critical	9.8	4.0%	-	-
CVE-2025-59465	High	7.5	3.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-7852	High	7.5	3.6%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-72660?

Upgrade kibana to 8.19.20 or later.

Is CVE-2026-72660 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-72660 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.37% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 30% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-72660?

CVE-2026-72660 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-72660 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for kibana (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-09-02.