# CVE-2026-72660: Uncaught Exception in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service

> A low-privileged authenticated user can crash the Kibana service by submitting specially crafted data, causing a denial of service for all users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 13 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BIT-elk-2026-72660, BIT-kibana-2026-72660, GHSA-7p5f-mrpf-cqr2, MINI-34m7-vp36-ggqv, MINI-3wg9-mhjp-9q3r, MINI-5hvq-jhq4-phj7, MINI-8c8c-c8px-w58j, MINI-qx9r-3pj4-449f, MINI-rqjw-jfqm-3c67, MINI-x588-c8qw-5rh8

## What is CVE-2026-72660?

CVE-2026-72660 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 13 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Uncaught Exception (CWE-248), resulting from Improper Input Validation (CWE-20), in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). An authenticated user holding only low-privileged access can cause an internal error condition in Kibana by supplying specially crafted data. The resulting error is raised on an execution path so it propagates as an uncaught exception and terminates the Kibana process. Kibana is unavailable to all users until the service is restarted, and the condition can be triggered repeatedly.

Weakness: CWE-248 (Uncaught Exception)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72660?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including kibana and elk. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `kibana` | Bitnami | From 8.0.0 | 8.19.20, 9.3.8, 9.4.5 |
| `elk` | Bitnami | From 8.0.0 | 8.19.20, 9.3.8, 9.4.5 |

Products: Elastic Kibana.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-72660?

Upgrade kibana to a fixed version for your release line: 8.19.20, 9.3.8 or 9.4.5.

## Is CVE-2026-72660 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72660 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana

- [CVE-2019-7609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7609/): Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-25015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25015/): Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-37288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37288/): Deserialization in Kibana (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-31415](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31415/): Code injection in Kibana (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2018-17245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17245/): Information disclosure in Kibana (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72660 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-72660 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 13 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72660 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- kibana (Bitnami): affected from 8.0.0; fixed in 8.19.20, 9.3.8, 9.4.5
- elk (Bitnami): affected from 8.0.0; fixed in 8.19.20, 9.3.8, 9.4.5

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72660/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72660/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72660
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72660
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72660

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72660/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.