CVE-2026-42400
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can send a specially crafted compressed request payload that is processed prior to authorization checks, causing excessive memory and CPU resource consumption that can result in a Kibana instance becoming unresponsive or crashing.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (22)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-1734Kibana: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Kibana ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, und um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen.
- BIT-elk-2026-42400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service2026-06-01vendor · osvUS
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can send a specially crafted compressed request payload that is processed prior to authorization checks, causing excessive memory and CPU resource consumption that can result in a Kibana instance becoming unresponsive or crashing.
- BIT-kibana-2026-42400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service2026-06-01vendor · osvUS
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can send a specially crafted compressed request payload that is processed prior to authorization checks, causing excessive memory and CPU resource consumption that can result in a Kibana instance becoming unresponsive or crashing.
also known as (7)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202605-6318cnnvd
- EUVD-2026-33030enisa_euvd
- BDU:2026-15303fstec_bdu
- GHSA-mhgf-jqhm-p7p3enisa_euvd
- GHSA-mhgf-jqhm-p7p3fstec_bdu
- BIT-elk-2026-42400osv
- BIT-kibana-2026-42400osv
sources
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-42400cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-9-3-5-9-4-2-security-update-esa-2026-35/386554cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-9-3-5-9-4-2-security-update-esa-2026-35/386554enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-9-3-5-9-4-2-security-update-esa-2026-35/386554Vendor Advisorynvd
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