# CVE-2026-72677

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-72677
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 7.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-23
- **Published:** Aug 13, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Aug 13, 2026

## Description

Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of Kibana resources via Relative Path Traversal (CAPEC-139). Kibana Fleet accepted a user-supplied identifier for a Fleet Server host configuration without rejecting relative traversal sequences. The identifier is stored as provided and is later incorporated into the request that Kibana issues when that configuration is removed.

## Affected Products

- Elastic — Kibana (8.0.0)
- Elastic — Kibana (9.0.0)
- Elastic — Kibana (9.4.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-17-9-3-6-9-4-3-security-update-esa-2026-94/389512)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.28%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 20.1

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._