Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kibana package, versions >=7.10.0 <8.19.10>=9.0.0 <9.1.10>=9.2.0 <9.2.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-KIBANA-14927423
  • published16 Jan 2026
  • disclosed13 Jan 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-0531  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kibana to version 8.19.10, 9.1.10, 9.2.4 or higher.

Overview

kibana is an open source (Apache Licensed), browser-based analytics and search dashboard for Elasticsearch.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the bulk retrieval endpoint. An attacker can exhaust system memory and cause a server crash by sending specially crafted requests that trigger excessive database retrieval operations.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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