# CVE-2026-115294: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Resource Deletion

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-03. Updated: 2026-11-03.

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (CWE-22) in the Kibana Fleet feature can lead to unauthorized resource deletion via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). A low-privileged user with Fleet agent policies write access could cause a subsequent administrative action to act on unintended resources. This can result in the deletion of resources such as Kibana spaces and other organizational assets that the low-privileged user cannot delete directly. Exploitation requires an administrator to interact with the affected Fleet interface.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Elastic / Kibana: ≥ 9.3.0; ≤ 9.4.8 (affected, semver); ≥ 9.5.0; ≤ 9.5.5 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: elastic

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.3 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: elastic

- CVSS 3.1: 7.3 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: security@elastic.co

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-22

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-9-9-5-6-security-update-esa-2026-205/391359 (CNA: elastic)

- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-9-9-5-6-security-update-esa-2026-205/391359 (security@elastic.co)

## Provenance

- CNA: elastic: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115294; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated 2026-11-03

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115294; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-03

Revision: 98d3807da096627502139dc23916552b1aef33faf3bb9497cdc1ce0d4437f3d2

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-115294

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