Resource exhaustion in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2026-49089
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A query expression accepted by a connector reporting operation was processed without any limit on its size, and an oversized expression caused the Kibana process to spend an unbounded amount of time evaluating it. An authenticated user with read-only privileges was able to send a single request that left Kibana unable to serve any user until the process was restarted.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions 8.0.0, 9.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-49089?
- CVE-2026-49089 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-13.
- How severe is CVE-2026-49089?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.