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CVE-2026-115716: Elastic APM Server · Unthrottled Resource Allocation

Affects Elastic APM ServerSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 17:58 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (elastic)CVSS 3.16.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 3 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
ElasticAPM ServerAffected
  • >=8.3.0 <=8.19.23
  • >=9.0.0 <=9.4.8
  • >=9.5.0 <=9.5.5
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, consider limiting or filtering incoming OTLP data sizes at network or application layers to mitigate potential exploitation.

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in APM Server can lead to denial of service via Oversized Serialized Data Payloads (CAPEC-231). An attacker who can send OpenTelemetry (OTLP) data to APM Server over HTTP can cause APM Server to exhaust its memory and terminate. This stops the intake of APM and OpenTelemetry data until APM Server restarts.

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