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          "type": "GIT"
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    "cna_assigner": "elastic",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72651.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
      {
        "extracted_events": [
          {
            "introduced": "8.0.0"
          },
          {
            "last_affected": "8.19.19"
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            "introduced": "9.0.0"
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            "last_affected": "9.4.4"
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        "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
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    ]
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  "details": "Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user with read-only privileges to the alerting feature could submit a specially crafted, malformed payload that causes the Kibana process to consume excessive resources. A single request is sufficient to leave Kibana unable to serve requests for all users until the process is restarted.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72651",
  "modified": "2026-09-04T03:30:38.941037045Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T19:13:13.046Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-20-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-106/389522"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72651.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72651"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service"
}