Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Affecting kibana package, versions >=8.0.0 <8.19.20>=9.0.0 <9.4.5
Threat Intelligence
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- published16 Aug 2026
- disclosed13 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 13 Aug 2026
NewCVE-2026-72685 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade kibana to version 8.19.20, 9.4.5 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 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity via the indexing. An attacker can degrade the availability of indexing operations on the affected node by submitting a specially crafted document that causes a worker thread to be occupied for an excessive amount of time.