CVE-2026-63261 json
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service
published 3mo ago modified 18d ago also BIT-elk-2026-63261 , BIT-kibana-2026-63261 , EUVD-2026-47589
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A low-privileged authenticated user can send a specially crafted request to a Kibana machine learning feature, causing the server to exhaust available memory and become unavailable to all users.
Patch / fix
- bitnami elk 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4
- bitnami kibana 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4
- elastic kibana 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4
- elasticsearch kibana 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| OSV | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | elk | >=8.0.0, <8.19.19 >=9.0.0, <9.3.8 >=9.4.0, <9.4.4 |
8.19.19 9.3.8 9.4.4 |
| bitnami | kibana | >=8.0.0, <8.19.19 >=9.0.0, <9.3.8 >=9.4.0, <9.4.4 |
8.19.19 9.3.8 9.4.4 |
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
discuss.elastic.co
/t/kibana-8-19-19-9-3-8-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-72/388575
vendor-advisory, advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63261
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-63261
- NVD CVE-2026-63261
- OSV BIT-elk-2026-63261
- OSV BIT-kibana-2026-63261
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