Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input Affecting kibana package, versions >=8.0.0 <8.19.13>=9.0.0 <9.2.7>=9.3.0 <9.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-KIBANA-15843015
  • published30 Mar 2026
  • disclosed19 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-26940  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kibana to version 8.19.13, 9.2.7, 9.3.2 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 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input via the Timelion visualization plugin when processing specially crafted Timelion expressions. An attacker can cause excessive memory allocation and render the service unavailable by submitting a maliciously constructed expression.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1