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TI-2026-54638 Aliases CVE-2026-78588GHSA-qr96-485q-v8j7

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Filebeat Leading to Denial of Service

Priority LOW 29CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Filebeat can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An attacker able to reach the Filebeat HTTP ingestion endpoint could send specially crafted compressed requests that exhaust the memory resources of the Filebeat process.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0042 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticFilebeat8.0.0 – 8.19.17; 9.0.0 – 9.3.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Filebeat VendorElastic Affected 8.0.0 – 8.19.17; 9.0.0 – 9.3.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:filebeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.0 to before 8.19.18; 9.0.0 to before 9.3.1VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:filebeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.0 to before 8.19.18; 9.0.0 to before 9.3.1 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-78588
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qr96-485q-v8j7

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-41959 Filebeat Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2023-15031 Information disclosure in Elastic Filebeat CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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