Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kibana package, versions >=8.15.0 <8.19.14>=9.0.0 <9.2.8>=9.3.0 <9.3.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-KIBANA-16110796
  • published20 Apr 2026
  • disclosed9 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-33459  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kibana to version 8.19.14, 9.2.8, 9.3.3 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 automatic import plugin. An attacker can cause backend services to become unstable and disrupt service availability for all users by submitting specially crafted requests with excessively large input values, especially when multiple such requests are sent concurrently.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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