CVE-2026-26940

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26940
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-26940.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-26940
Downstream
Published
2026-03-19T17:14:31.734Z
Modified
2026-07-15T19:14:45.871586Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service
Details

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input (CWE-1284) in the Timelion visualization plugin in Kibana can lead Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). The vulnerability allows an authenticated user to send a specially crafted Timelion expression that overwrites internal series data properties with an excessively large quantity value.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "elastic",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/26xxx/CVE-2026-26940.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.3.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.3.1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.2.6"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.19.12"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ],
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1284"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
Events
Database specific
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "8.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "8.19.13"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "9.2.7"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.3.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "9.3.2"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

v9.*
v9.3.0
v9.3.1

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-07-15T19:14:45Z"
vanir_signatures
[
    {
        "target": {
            "file": "server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/PrefixQueryBuilderTests.java"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2026-26940-2e203cf7",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
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                "9736821135205453259684021960045915104",
                "321479224129948038347422783508630426551",
                "336929828005760250217549392973710757538",
                "87981632530719927991976872050798427068",
                "241140473887075321789748749310666516124",
                "296709739770584752465477459733490979822"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "source": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/39e49969374b9cb20b84dc00f7d505d67480deeb"
    },
    {
        "target": {
            "file": "server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/PrefixQueryBuilderTests.java"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2026-26940-6bc40983",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
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                "241140473887075321789748749310666516124",
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "source": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/43a703737aab6baefa748bc7b69e4054926f2b2c"
    },
    {
        "target": {
            "function": "testPrefixCircuitBreakerTripsWithLowLimit",
            "file": "server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/PrefixQueryBuilderTests.java"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2026-26940-95865c28",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "107649075361093097895479135995297736263",
            "length": 292.0
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "source": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/39e49969374b9cb20b84dc00f7d505d67480deeb"
    },
    {
        "target": {
            "function": "testPrefixCircuitBreakerTripsWithLowLimit",
            "file": "server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/PrefixQueryBuilderTests.java"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2026-26940-e8da0d97",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "107649075361093097895479135995297736263",
            "length": 292.0
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "source": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/43a703737aab6baefa748bc7b69e4054926f2b2c"
    }
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-26940.json"

Git / github.com/elastic/kibana

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/elastic/kibana
Events
Database specific
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "8.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "8.19.13"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "9.2.7"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.3.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "9.3.2"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

v9.*
v9.3.0
v9.3.1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-26940.json"