CVE-2026-72652 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service
An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in Kibana by submitting crafted requests that trigger excessive resource consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-72652?
CVE-2026-72652 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 1 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 that causes excessive resource consumption, which may render Kibana unavailable.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72652?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2026-72652?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-72652 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72652 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8r9q-rphm-9v9p, MINI-9vrp-c3gx-6q54, MINI-cv6q-7v27-qxw4, MINI-g68w-gcrq-x4f6, MINI-q2r8-frc3-pqg8, MINI-qm5x-wwrr-q63q and 1 more.