Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Kibana | 9.4.0 – ≤ 9.4.1, 9.0.0 – ≤ 9.3.4, 8.0.0 – ≤ 8.19.15 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-1734 Kibana: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · May 28, 2026