What is CVE-2026-72682?

CVE-2026-72682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-72682?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2026-72682

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 holding only low, read-level Agent Builder privileges could submit a specially crafted request that causes Kibana to consume an unbounded amount of memory, terminating the process and denying service to all users of the instance.

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

security@elastic.co

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72682?: CVE-2026-72682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-72682?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.