Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kibana package, versions >=8.0.0 <8.19.16


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-KIBANA-17282363
  • published10 Jun 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-49094  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kibana to version 8.19.16 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 analytics collections management endpoint. An attacker can cause the service to consume excessive CPU and memory resources, resulting in unavailability for all users, by submitting a request containing an oversized input value. This is only exploitable if the attacker has authenticated viewer-level access.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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