CVE-2026-0528
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129) exists in Metricbeat can allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service through Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153) via specially crafted, malformed payloads sent to the Graphite server metricset or Zookeeper server metricset. Additionally, Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) exists in the Prometheus helper module that can allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service through Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153) via specially crafted, malformed metric data.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 28%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-129•Improper Validation of Array Index
The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array.
Affected Systems
- Unknown•Kibana
≥ 7.0.0, < 7.17.29 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.19.10 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.1.10 | ≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.4
- elastic•metricbeat
≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.17.29 | ≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.19.9 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.1.9 | ≥ 9.2.0, ≤ 9.2.3
- github.com/elastic•beats
all
- github.com/elastic/beats•v7
< 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251217054608-6e42552a23ce | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.19.10 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.1.10 | ≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.4
References (7)
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-8-19-10-9-1-10-9-2-4-security-update-esa-2026-01/384519
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0528
- https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/0025fbfe668936eb8fa65b838508faf3c3c04387
- https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/6e42552a23cec734e7977ebd3eb7fb797ddce456
- https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/c7664c91a5a68c2df782bfeffe4fb7f42ff2ad1a
- https://github.com/elastic/beats
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w2gr-585j-r428