CVE-2026-94400: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elastic Kibana
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-94400 is a vulnerability in Elastic Kibana classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). It allows an attacker with low privileges and no user interaction to cause a denial of service by triggering excessive allocation of resources (CAPEC-130). The affected versions include all Kibana releases from 8.0.0 up to and including 8.19.21, 9.0.0 up to and including 9.4.6, and 9.5.0 up to and including 9.5.2. The CVSS score is 6.5 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or integrity impact, and high impact on availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause denial of service by exhausting system resources, impacting the availability of the Kibana service. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known active exploits have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no official fix or patch links are provided, users should monitor Elastic's advisories for updates. Until a patch is available, consider limiting access to Kibana interfaces to trusted users with appropriate privileges to reduce risk.
CVE-2026-94400: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elastic Kibana
Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Elastic
Kibana
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-94400 is a vulnerability in Elastic Kibana classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). It allows an attacker with low privileges and no user interaction to cause a denial of service by triggering excessive allocation of resources (CAPEC-130). The affected versions include all Kibana releases from 8.0.0 up to and including 8.19.21, 9.0.0 up to and including 9.4.6, and 9.5.0 up to and including 9.5.2. The CVSS score is 6.5 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or integrity impact, and high impact on availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause denial of service by exhausting system resources, impacting the availability of the Kibana service. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known active exploits have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no official fix or patch links are provided, users should monitor Elastic's advisories for updates. Until a patch is available, consider limiting access to Kibana interfaces to trusted users with appropriate privileges to reduce risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- elastic
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-21T13:29:41.420Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab83075f7a7c54106b6818c
Added to database: 09/26/2026, 20:52:05 UTC
Last enriched: 09/26/2026, 21:02:48 UTC
Last updated: 09/28/2026, 00:47:33 UTC
Views: 25
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