Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kibana - CVE-2026-72682
Published: September 1, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU146637
CSH Severity: Low
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-2026-72682
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the Agent Builder feature when handling a specially crafted request. A remote user can submit a specially crafted request to cause a denial of service.
Only Kibana deployments with the Agent Builder feature enabled are vulnerable.
Affected software
Kibana
How to mitigate CVE-2026-72682
Install security update from vendor's website.
Kibana - update to 9.4.6