Vulnerability · Published Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2026-33459Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Kibana from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user with access to the automatic import feature can submit specially crafted requests with excessively large input values. When multiple such requests are sent concurrently, the backend services become unstable, resulting in service disruption and deployment unavailability for all users.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H