CVE-2026-72682
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CVE-2026-72682 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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 holding only low, read-level Agent Builder privileges could submit a specially crafted request that causes Kibana to consume an unbounded amount of memory, terminating the process and denying service to all users of the instance.. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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 holding only low, read-level Agent Builder privileges could submit a specially crafted request that causes Kibana to consume an unbounded amount of memory, terminating the process and denying service to all users of the instance.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Kibana | >= 9.3.0, < 9.4.6 |
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