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CVE-2026-78588
Published:September 02, 2026
Updated:September 22, 2026
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Filebeat can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An attacker able to reach the Filebeat HTTP ingestion endpoint could send specially crafted compressed requests that exhaust the memory resources of the Filebeat process.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/elastic/beats.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.0.0 <v9.3.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.3.1
https://github.com/elastic/beats.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v8.0.0 <v8.19.18
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.19.18
Related Resources (1)
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-8-19-18-9-3-1-security-update-esa-2026-165/390118
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CVSS 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
CWE-770
EPSS
Base Score:
0.30