6.5

CVE-2026-94400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Kibana Leading to denial of service

Analyzed
Published 26-09-2026Last modified 26-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-94400 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in elastic kibana. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · -0.17 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.17 pp

From 0.42% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Elastic1 product
  • kibana≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.19.21 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.4.6 | ≥ 9.5.0, ≤ 9.5.2 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.19.22 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.4.7 | ≥ 9.5.0, < 9.5.3

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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