What is GHSA-w3pm-9jwv-8q3v?

GHSA-w3pm-9jwv-8q3v is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to a denial of...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w3pm-9jwv-8q3v cover?

GHSA-w3pm-9jwv-8q3v covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-78586. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w3pm-9jwv-8q3v?

GHSA-w3pm-9jwv-8q3v has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w3pm-9jwv-8q3vMediumCVSS 6.5

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to a denial of...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 2, 2026

Last Modified

September 2, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-78586 →

📋 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 with low-level privileges could submit a specially crafted request that causes Kibana to consume an unbounded amount of memory, rendering it unavailable to all users.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78586
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-9-3-5-9-4-2-security-update-esa-2026-163/390116
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3pm-9jwv-8q3v