CVE-2026-78588

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileDEUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.42% (36th) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Filebeat can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An attacker able to reach the Filebeat HTTP ingestion endpoint could send specially crafted compressed requests that exhaust the memory resources of the Filebeat process.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security@elastic.coexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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CWE-770US
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affected products (4)

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-3134Filebeat: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-09-01csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Filebeat ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

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sources

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cert_bundnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-09-02modified 2026-09-03
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references (1) nvd

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