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TI-2026-84427 Aliases CVE-2026-115716GHSA-fqp4-xg3j-9p85

Resource exhaustion in Elastic APM Server allows 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

Elastic APM Server versions 8.3.0 through 8.19.23, 9.0.0 through 9.4.8 and 9.5.0 through 9.5.5 are affected. The server does not limit resource allocation (CWE-770) when it receives oversized serialized OpenTelemetry (OTLP) data payloads over HTTP. An attacker who can send OTLP data to the server can exhaust its memory and terminate it, which stops APM and OpenTelemetry data intake until the server restarts.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03

Description from the CNA

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in APM Server can lead to denial of service via Oversized Serialized Data Payloads (CAPEC-231). An attacker who can send OpenTelemetry (OTLP) data to APM Server over HTTP can cause APM Server to exhaust its memory and terminate. This stops the intake of APM and OpenTelemetry data until APM Server restarts.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00352 29th 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
ElasticAPM Server8.3.0 – 8.19.23; 9.0.0 – 9.4.8; 9.5.0 – 9.5.5—No fix listedCNA
  • APM Server VendorElastic Affected 8.3.0 – 8.19.23; 9.0.0 – 9.4.8; 9.5.0 – 9.5.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Elastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Elastic

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for APM Server.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115716
  2. 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-11-03 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-fqp4-xg3j-9p85

References

Other 1

  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2015-01295 The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-02491 The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2018-12328 Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-15037 Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-05135 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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