CVE-2026-78586 json
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service
published 2026-09-02 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-03 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-70064
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- elastic kibana 8.19.16, 9.3.5, 9.4.2
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-78586
- NVD CVE-2026-78586
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