{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "9.3.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "9.4.6"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "17b451d8979a29e31935fe1eb901310350b30e62"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "10011cbc74640115d0ffac0cef7c925aec4754f5"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "9.3.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "9.4.6"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "30ab63cc0017fe2da7a84fb9b285dd762468802d"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "692551ad493ed71169e295e2160446428ee00b15"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/kibana",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "elastic",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72682.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
      {
        "extracted_events": [
          {
            "introduced": "9.3.0"
          },
          {
            "last_affected": "9.4.5"
          }
        ],
        "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user holding only low, read-level Agent Builder privileges could submit a specially crafted request that causes Kibana to consume an unbounded amount of memory, terminating the process and denying service to all users of the instance.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72682",
  "modified": "2026-09-05T03:30:31.473606704Z",
  "published": "2026-09-01T19:20:16.119Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-security-update-esa-2026-84/390054"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72682.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72682"
    }
  ],
  "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"
}