Kibana third-party support
Kibana 8.16
Kibana 8.16
The Kibana 8.16 reached end of service life on Apr 15, 2025 — Kibana no longer ships security patches or fixes for it. Our third-party support keeps it safe to run: 24/7 engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance.
End of Service LifeEOSL Date: Apr 15, 2025
Issue Management
24/7 engineers own your Kibana 8.16 incidents end to end.
Vulnerability Remediation
Mitigation and patch-around guidance when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Compliance Maintenance
Controls evidence and documentation that keep auditors satisfied.
Specifications
- product
- kibana
- release
- 8.16
- product Label
- Kibana
- release Label
- 8.16
- codename
- lts
- latest Version
- 8.16.6
- release Date
- 2024-11-12
- maintained
- source Url
- https://endoflife.date/kibana
Lifecycle Dates
- End of Service Life
- Apr 15, 2025
- Last OEM Support
- Apr 15, 2025
OEM vs. 3rd Party Support
See how third-party support compares to the vendor contract for Kibana 8.16 — monitoring, break/fix, vulnerability work, operations and compliance, before and after EOSL.
| Feature | OEM Support | 3rd Party Support |
|---|---|---|
| Post-EOSL Support | ||
| Break/Fix Support | Until EOSL | |
| 24/7 Monitoring | ||
| Vulnerability Scanning & Remediation | ||
| Managed Operations | ||
| Procedure & Configuration Review | ||
| Compliance & Audit Documentation | Limited | |
| Discounted Migration to Other Platforms |
Why Choose 3rd Party Support for Kibana 8.16?
Vulnerability Remediation
Scanning, mitigation and patch-around guidance for Kibana 8.16 when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Compliance Maintenance
Procedure review, controls evidence and the documentation auditors ask for — maintained continuously, not scrambled at audit time.
24/7 Expert Support
Engineers who know this release monitor, manage and fix issues around the clock — break/fix to managed operations.
Kibana 8.16 Support: Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Kibana 8.16 still supported?
Kibana ended support for the Kibana 8.16 on Apr 15, 2025 — no more patches or fixes from the vendor. Third-party support keeps it covered: our engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance for as long as you run it.
When is the Kibana 8.16 end of service life (EOSL) date?
Kibana lists the end of service life for the Kibana 8.16 as Apr 15, 2025.
Can I keep using the Kibana 8.16 after its EOSL date?
Yes. EOSL means Kibana stops issuing patches and support — the software itself keeps running. Third-party support covers it from there: issue management, security vulnerability remediation, and the compliance documentation auditors ask for, for as long as you choose to run it.
How much does third-party support for the Kibana 8.16 cost?
Typically 40-70% below the OEM maintenance renewal price. Exact pricing depends on quantity, service level and location. You get an indicative price within 24 hours and a firm quote within 48.
Known Vulnerabilities Affecting Kibana 8.16
78 published CVEs affect the Kibana 8.16, including 18 rated critical or high severity. Kibana no longer ships security patches for this release — our engineers provide mitigation guidance, workarounds and hardening support.
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-25015 | CRITICAL | 9.9 | Mar 5, 2025 | Prototype pollution in Kibana leads to arbitrary code execution via a crafted file upload and specifically crafted HTTP requests. In Kibana versions >= 8.15.0 and < 8.17.1, this is exploitable by users with the Viewer role. In Kibana versions 8.17.1 and 8.17.2 , this is only exploitable by users that have roles that contain all the following privileges: fleet-all, integrations-all, actions:execute-advanced-connectors |
| CVE-2025-25014 | CRITICAL | 9.1 | May 6, 2025 | A Prototype pollution vulnerability in Kibana leads to arbitrary code execution via crafted HTTP requests to machine learning and reporting endpoints. |
| CVE-2026-102406 | HIGH | 8.8 | Oct 6, 2026 | Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Kibana could lead to cross-tenant data interception. In this context, "tenant" refers to a user or team sharing the same Kibana deployment, not a separate Elastic Cloud organization or customer. Kibana's Fleet package installation process allowed a user holding delegated Fleet package-management privileges, without direct Elasticsearch administrative privileges, to claim a data stream identifier already in use by another tenant. Becau |
| CVE-2025-25018 | HIGH | 8.7 | Oct 10, 2025 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| CVE-2025-25009 | HIGH | 8.7 | Oct 7, 2025 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to Stored XSS via case file upload. |
| CVE-2025-25017 | HIGH | 8.2 | Oct 10, 2025 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| CVE-2026-78583 | HIGH | 8.1 | Sep 3, 2026 | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). Elasticsearch cluster privilege declarations originating from integration packages were not validated before being used to mint credentials for enrolled Elastic Agents. A user holding Fleet management privileges could therefore cause every Elastic Agent on a targeted policy to receive a credential carrying arbitrarily elevated Elasticsearch cluster privileges, up to and including |
| CVE-2026-72665 | HIGH | 8.1 | Aug 13, 2026 | Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized execution of Osquery and Elastic Defend response actions on managed hosts via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). A Kibana user who is able to author and evaluate Elastic Security detection rules can cause response actions to be carried out against enrolled agents without holding the Osquery live query privileges or the Elastic Defend response action privileges that normally govern those capabiliti |
| CVE-2026-72670 | HIGH | 7.7 | Aug 13, 2026 | 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. |
| CVE-2026-4498 | HIGH | 7.7 | Apr 8, 2026 | Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in Kibana’s Fleet plugin debug route handlers can lead reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). This requires an authenticated Kibana user with Fleet sub-feature privileges (such as agents, agent policies, and settings management). |
| CVE-2026-33461 | HIGH | 7.7 | Apr 8, 2026 | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). A user with limited Fleet privileges can exploit an internal API endpoint to retrieve sensitive configuration data, including private keys and authentication tokens, that should only be accessible to users with higher-level settings privileges. The endpoint composes its response by fetching full configuration objects and returning them directly, bypassing the authorization checks enfor |
| CVE-2026-72669 | HIGH | 7.6 | Aug 13, 2026 | The state that Kibana stores for an Observability Onboarding flow is not bound to the user who created the flow, and the routes that read and update that state do not verify ownership. An authenticated user who holds only generic read access to the space can therefore discover the onboarding flows of other users, read their onboarding state, and write arbitrary progress data into them. A tampered flow can also cause the owner's onboarding view to fail with a server error. |
| CVE-2026-78590 | HIGH | 7.3 | Sep 2, 2026 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) in the Kibana Fleet feature can lead to the unauthorized deletion of privileged resources via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). A low-privileged user holding Fleet Settings write access could cause a subsequent administrative action to act on unintended internal resources, resulting in the deletion of privileged resources such as user accounts and other organizational assets. Exploitation requires an administrator |
| CVE-2026-78592 | HIGH | 7.3 | Sep 1, 2026 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of privileged resources via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). A low-privileged user holding tag creation privileges could cause a subsequent administrative action in the tag management interface to act on an unintended target, resulting in the deletion of privileged resources including administrative accounts and other organizational assets. Exploitation requires an a |
| CVE-2026-72677 | HIGH | 7.3 | Aug 13, 2026 | 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. |
| CVE-2026-72658 | HIGH | 7.3 | Aug 13, 2026 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery (CAPEC-62). A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when it is opened by another user, causes authenticated requests to be issued to Kibana in the context of the viewing user's session. |
| CVE-2025-68385 | HIGH | 7.2 | Dec 18, 2025 | Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an authenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a method in Vega bypassing a previous Vega XSS mitigation. |
| CVE-2026-72675 | HIGH | 7.1 | Aug 13, 2026 | Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to cross-space information disclosure and unauthorized data modification via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). Kibana Machine Learning carries out its Elasticsearch operations with elevated internal permissions and relies on a per-request space filter to keep the machine learning data of one space separated from another. Part of the Machine Learning functionality did not apply that filter, so operations issued from one space were carried out against |
| CVE-2026-94400 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Sep 26, 2026 | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) |
| CVE-2026-78599 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Sep 2, 2026 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) in the Kibana Fleet feature can lead to the unauthorized deletion of internal resources via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). A low-privileged user holding Fleet write access could cause a subsequent administrative delete action to act on unintended internal resources. Exploitation requires an administrator to interact with the affected Fleet interface. |
Showing the 20 most severe of 78 known CVEs.
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