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Description

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the Prometheus remote_write HTTP handler in Metricbeat can lead Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-16 | Published 2026-03-19 | Updated 2026-03-19 | Assigner elastic




MEDIUM: 5.7CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem types

CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

Product status

Default status
unaffected

8.0.0 (semver)
affected

References

discuss.elastic.co/...2-5-security-update-esa-2026-09/385532

cve.org (CVE-2026-26931)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-26931)

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