Description
Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input (CWE-1284) in Kibana can allow an authenticated attacker with view-only privileges to cause a Denial of Service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). An attacker can send a specially crafted, malformed payload causing excessive resource consumption and resulting in Kibana becoming unresponsive or crashing.
Problem types
CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
Product status
8.18.0 (semver)
9.0.0 (semver)
9.3.0 (semver)
References
discuss.elastic.co/...3-1-security-update-esa-2026-12/385248