Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-72663
CVE-2026-72663
Description
Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity (CWE-407) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). A specially crafted, deeply nested expression submitted to a Kibana TSVB visualization is evaluated with a worst-case cost that grows disproportionately with the size of the input. Because the evaluation runs synchronously, a single request consumes the Kibana request-processing thread indefinitely, and Kibana stops responding to all further requests until the service is restarted.
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Affected products
4- osv-coords2 versions
>= 8.0.0, < 8.19.20+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.20
- (no CPE)range: >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.20
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-20-and-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-104/389520nvdMitigationVendor Advisory
News mentions
1- Elastic Kibana: 25 Coordinated Vulnerabilities Expose Authorization and DoS RisksVypr Intelligence · Aug 13, 2026