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OpenSearch Dashboards Vega Validator Fails to Recurse into Arrays, Letting Dashboard Writers Inject JavaScript into Other Users' Sessions

Last refreshed2026-09-29

Status: NEW  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-84942

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-84942
CVSS Score / Version8.7 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-09-09
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Proseattack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is low; user interaction is required; scope is changed; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is none.
Classified asCWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

What to Know

Improper input validation in the Vega expression function implementation in OpenSearch Dashboards allows a remote authenticated actor with dashboard write permissions to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of other users' browser sessions by saving a crafted Vega visualization. The checkForFunctionProperty validation routine failed to recurse into arrays of objects, allowing a function property nested inside an array to bypass validation. (NVD)

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84942
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84942