2026-03-19 17:5CVE-2026-26931elastic
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-789

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Metricbeat Leading to Denial of Service

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).

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-89r5

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).

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-26931
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