CVE-2026-49087: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elastic Kibana
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted bulk deletion request that causes excessive resource consumption, which may render Kibana unavailable.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Elastic Kibana allows an authenticated user to cause excessive resource consumption by submitting a crafted bulk deletion request. The lack of limits or throttling on resource allocation leads to a denial of service condition. The issue is tracked as CWE-770 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity impact focused on availability. Affected versions explicitly include 8.0.0 and 9.0.0. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available, and the product is not a cloud service, so remediation depends on vendor updates.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service by exhausting system resources, making Kibana unavailable. The vulnerability requires authenticated access but does not impact confidentiality or integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict authenticated user permissions to trusted personnel only and monitor for unusual bulk deletion requests to reduce risk.
CVE-2026-49087: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elastic Kibana
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted bulk deletion request that causes excessive resource consumption, which may render Kibana unavailable.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Elastic Kibana allows an authenticated user to cause excessive resource consumption by submitting a crafted bulk deletion request. The lack of limits or throttling on resource allocation leads to a denial of service condition. The issue is tracked as CWE-770 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity impact focused on availability. Affected versions explicitly include 8.0.0 and 9.0.0. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available, and the product is not a cloud service, so remediation depends on vendor updates.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service by exhausting system resources, making Kibana unavailable. The vulnerability requires authenticated access but does not impact confidentiality or integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict authenticated user permissions to trusted personnel only and monitor for unusual bulk deletion requests to reduce risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- elastic
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-27T11:31:33.582Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a45492927e9c79719d620c0
Added to database: 07/01/2026, 17:06:49 UTC
Last enriched: 07/01/2026, 17:23:09 UTC
Last updated: 07/01/2026, 21:26:07 UTC
Views: 5
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