Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2026· Updated Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-72682
CVE-2026-72682
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 holding only low, read-level Agent Builder privileges could submit a specially crafted request that causes Kibana to consume an unbounded amount of memory, terminating the process and denying service to all users of the instance.
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Affected products
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References
1- discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-security-update-esa-2026-84/390054nvdVendor Advisory
News mentions
2- Elastic Kibana: 25 Authorization and Resource Management Vulnerabilities Disclosed TogetherVypr Intelligence · Sep 3, 2026
- Elastic Kibana: Batch of 15 Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Affecting Authorization and Resource ManagementVypr Intelligence · Sep 1, 2026