CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-42397
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 can submit a specially crafted request to affected Entity Analytics endpoints containing an oversized input value that causes excessive resource consumption, which may render Kibana unavailable.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Kibana","vendor":"Elastic","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"9.4.3","status":"affected","version":"9.4.0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"9.3.6","status":"affected","version":"9.3.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8cd6772b5e06e801b747300fe5ddbf11375f88e7af821caf05b28bbbb3578e9e · sha256:aa4920343ec315e2… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-770","description":"CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8cd6772b5e06e801b747300fe5ddbf11375f88e7af821caf05b28bbbb3578e9e · sha256:aa4920343ec315e2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-3-7-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-55/388554/1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8cd6772b5e06e801b747300fe5ddbf11375f88e7af821caf05b28bbbb3578e9e · sha256:aa4920343ec315e2… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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