GHSA-5vrw-qjxw-89r5
Metricbeat Allocates Memory with Excessive Size Value Leading to Denial of Service
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-26931
- Aliases
- GO-2026-4790
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the Prometheus remote_write HTTP handler in Metricbeat can lead Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Go · github.com/elastic/beats/v7 | introduced 0, fixed 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20260112100137-de072c4e371e |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26931 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/de072c4e371eafeb2a42d65b9ad513f666e4ffd7 WEB
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-8-19-13-9-2-5-security-update-esa-2026-09/385532 WEB
- https://github.com/elastic/beats PACKAGE
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |