CVE-2026-0530
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Resource Exhaustion in Kibana Fleet via Unrestricted Allocation

Publication date: 2026-01-13

Last updated on: 2026-01-13

Assigner: Elastic

Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana Fleet can lead to Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) via a specially crafted request. This causes the application to perform redundant processing operations that continuously consume system resources until service degradation or complete unavailability occurs.
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Published
2026-01-13
Last Modified
2026-01-13
Generated
2026-06-16
AI Q&A
2026-01-14
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2026-0530
EUVD
EUVD-2026-2039
Affected Vendors & Products
Showing 7 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
elastic kibana From 7.10.0 (inc) to 7.17.29 (inc)
elastic kibana From 8.0.0 (inc) to 8.19.9 (inc)
elastic kibana From 9.0.0 (inc) to 9.1.9 (inc)
elastic kibana From 9.2.0 (inc) to 9.2.3 (inc)
elastic kibana 8.19.10
elastic kibana 9.1.10
elastic kibana 9.2.4
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CWE ID Description
CWE-770 The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in Kibana Fleet involves improper allocation of resources without limits or throttling. An attacker can send a specially crafted request that causes the application to perform redundant processing operations, which continuously consume system resources. This excessive resource consumption can lead to service degradation or complete unavailability of the application. [1]

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can cause your Kibana service to degrade in performance or become completely unavailable due to excessive consumption of system resources triggered by malicious requests. This can disrupt normal operations and affect the availability of your services. [1]

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should update Kibana to one of the fixed versions: 8.19.10, 9.1.10, or 9.2.4, as these versions contain the security fix that addresses the resource allocation issue in the Kibana Fleet component. [1]

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