CVE-2026-94400

Received Received - Intake

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Kibana

Publication date: 2026-09-26

Last updated on: 2026-09-26

Assigner: Elastic

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)

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Published

2026-09-26

Last Modified

2026-09-26

Generated

2026-09-27

AI Q&A

2026-09-27

EPSS Evaluated

N/A

NVD

CVE-2026-94400

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
elastic	kibana	*

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-400	The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in Kibana that can cause a denial of service through excessive allocation. It is classified under CWE-400 and follows the attack pattern CAPEC-130.

Impact Analysis

An attacker could exploit this to consume excessive system resources, leading to degraded performance or complete unavailability of the Kibana service. This may disrupt operations relying on Kibana for data analysis or visualization.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability may impact compliance with standards like GDPR and HIPAA by enabling denial of service attacks that disrupt system availability. Uncontrolled resource consumption can lead to service outages, potentially violating availability requirements in these regulations.

Mitigation Strategies

Update Kibana to the latest patched version immediately to address uncontrolled resource consumption. Monitor system resources for unusual spikes in CPU or memory usage that may indicate exploitation attempts.

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