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CVE-2026-42397

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Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted request to affected Entity Analytics endpoints containing an oversized input value that causes excessive resource consumption, which may render Kibana unavailable.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-21 20:17:00.593000
Last modified
2026-10-24 19:10:00.127000
View original CVE JSON
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  "published": "2026-07-21T20:17:00.593",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T19:10:00.127",
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    },
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      "value": "La Asignación de Recursos Sin Límites o Limitación (CWE-770) en Kibana puede conducir a una denegación de servicio a través de Asignación Excesiva (CAPEC-130). Un usuario autenticado puede enviar una solicitud especialmente diseñada a los puntos finales afectados de Entity Analytics que contiene un valor de entrada sobredimensionado que provoca un consumo excesivo de recursos, lo que puede dejar a Kibana no disponible."
    }
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