What is GHSA-5642-j255-rj32?

GHSA-5642-j255-rj32 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to denial of...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5642-j255-rj32 cover?

GHSA-5642-j255-rj32 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-72653. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5642-j255-rj32?

GHSA-5642-j255-rj32 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-5642-j255-rj32MediumCVSS 6.5

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can lead to denial of...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-72653 →

📋 Description

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 who is authorized to manage maintenance windows could submit a specially crafted, malformed payload that causes the Kibana process to consume excessive resources. Kibana becomes unresponsive for all users and does not recover without manual intervention.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72653
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-19-9-3-8-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-108/389514
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5642-j255-rj32