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).
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-789
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Metricbeat Leading to Denial of Service
Problem type
Affected products
Elastic
Metricbeat
<= 8.19.12 - AFFECTED
References
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-5vrw-qjxw-89r5
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the Prometheus remote_write HTTP handler...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5vrw-qjxw-89r5Memory 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).
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-26931Click to expand
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