CVE-2026-78586
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CVE-2026-78586 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 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..
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Kibana | >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.16 |
| Elastic | Kibana | >= 9.0.0, < 9.3.5 |
| Elastic | Kibana | >= 9.4.0, < 9.4.2 |
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