GHSA-5vrw-qjxw-89r5

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Metricbeat Allocates Memory with Excessive Size Value Leading to Denial of Service

view advisory published 2026-03-19Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the Prometheus remote_write HTTP handler in Metricbeat can lead Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2026-26931US	—	0.19% (9th)	—	2026-03-19
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the Prometheus remote_write HTTP handler in Metricbeat can lead Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-8-19-13-9-2-5-security-update-esa-2026-09/385532WEB
https://github.com/elastic/beatsPACKAGE
https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/de072c4e371eafeb2a42d65b9ad513f666e4ffd7WEB
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26931ADVISORY

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