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CVE-2026-78586

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Published: Sep 2, 2026Modified: Sep 3, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: security@elastic.co (Secondary)

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user with low-level privileges could submit a specially crafted request that causes Kibana to consume an unbounded amount of memory, rendering it unavailable to all users.

Affected (3)

Products: Elastic: Kibana
Elastic
1 product
Kibana
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Elastic
Kibana
From 8.0.0 to 8.19.16
Kibana
From 9.0.0 to 9.3.5
Kibana
From 9.4.0 to 9.4.2

Related CWEs

CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References (1)

Source: security@elastic.co
Vendor Advisory

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