CVE-2026-0530 | Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kibana Leading to Excessive Allocation

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana Fleet can lead to Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) via a specially crafted request. This causes the application to perform redundant processing operations that continuously consume system resources until service degradation or complete unavailability occurs.

Published: 2026-01-13 Last update: 2026-01-22 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-0530 is rated Low Risk (31.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-0530

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-14 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2026-01-14 0.04%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-0530

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-0530

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-0530

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0530

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-0530

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elastic kibana >= 7.10.0, < 7.17.29 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic kibana >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.10 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic kibana >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic kibana >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-0530

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