CVE-2026-72653
Published:August 13, 2026
Updated:August 31, 2026
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user who is authorized to manage maintenance windows could submit a specially crafted, malformed payload that causes the Kibana process to consume excessive resources. Kibana becomes unresponsive for all users and does not recover without manual intervention.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.4.0 <v9.4.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.4.4https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v8.12.0 <v8.19.19Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.19.19https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.0.0 <v9.3.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.3.8Related Resources (1)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
EPSS
Base Score:
0.29