Elastic Kibana up to 8.19.15/9.3.4/9.4.1 allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Elastic Kibana up to 8.19.15/9.3.4/9.4.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-78586. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 8.19.15/9.3.4/9.4.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user with low-level privileges could submit a specially crafted request that causes Kibana to consume an unbounded amount of memory, rendering it unavailable to all users.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-78586 since 08/24/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (elastic): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/24/2026 CVE reserved
09/02/2026 +9 days Advisory disclosed
09/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-78586 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-78586
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-398168

Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2026 16:58
Changes: 09/02/2026 16:58 (60)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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