Resource exhaustion in Kibana - CVE-2026-26937

 

Resource exhaustion in Kibana - CVE-2026-26937

Published: February 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123318
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-26937
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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 component. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Kibana

How to mitigate CVE-2026-26937

Install updates from vendor's website.

Kibana - addressed in versions 8.19.11, 9.2.5

External References

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