CVE-2026-78586Network attack vectorHinoki check available

Authenticated denial of service via unbounded memory allocation

Published Sep 2, 2026 · Updated Sep 2, 2026

Resource exhaustion in Elastic Kibana allows remote authenticated users to render the service unavailable by submitting a crafted request. Elastic states that the request drives unbounded memory consumption but has not disclosed the affected endpoint, parser, or allocation path that fails to impose a limit. Low-level authenticated access is sufficient; all configurations are affected, and exhaustion makes Kibana unavailable to every user.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.30%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in Elastic Kibana allows remote authenticated users to render the service unavailable by submitting a crafted request. Elastic states that the request drives unbounded memory consumption but has not disclosed the affected endpoint, parser, or allocation path that fails to impose a limit. Low-level authenticated access is sufficient; all configurations are affected, and exhaustion makes Kibana unavailable to every user.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-78586
Published
Sep 2, 2026
Updated
Sep 2, 2026
Vendor
Elastic
Product
Kibana
Classifications
CWE-770, CAPEC-130, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=8.0.0 <=8.19.15
  2. Affected versionversion=9.0.0 <=9.3.4
  3. Affected versionversion=9.4.0 <=9.4.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Elastic · Kibanaversion=8.0.0 <=8.19.15; version=9.0.0 <=9.3.4; version=9.4.0 <=9.4.1

Published CVSS scores

6.5ElasticCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC-130Excessive Allocation
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

Public exploit references

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