ZoomEye finds 161,686 exposed Kibana interfaces

ZoomEye observed 161,686 hosts exposing the Kibana interface in a query for app="Kibana" run on October 3, 2026. Kibana provides a console for arbitrary Elasticsearch queries, and risk depends on anonymous access and the service account's privileges.

• ZoomEye query for app="Kibana" returned 161,686 matches
• Kibana typically runs on port 5601 with a console for Elasticsearch queries
• Risk depends on anonymous access and service account privileges, not version
• A fingerprint does not imply missing authentication