Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kibana package, versions >=8.0.0 <8.19.16>=9.0.0 <9.3.5>=9.4.0 <9.4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-KIBANA-17282366
  • published10 Jun 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-42400  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kibana to version 8.19.16, 9.3.5, 9.4.2 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 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling through the handling of compressed request payloads before authorization checks. An attacker can exhaust memory and CPU resources by sending specially crafted compressed requests, potentially causing the service to become unresponsive or crash.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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