SB2026031962 - Denial of service in Kibana



SB2026031962 - Denial of service in Kibana

Published: March 19, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026031962
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-26940)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the Timelion visualization plugin. A remote user can pass a specially crafted Timelion expression that overwrites internal series data properties with an excessively large quantity value and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.