CVE-2026-78588 — MEDIUM (6.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-78588?

CVE-2026-78588 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2026-78588?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Elastic Filebeat.

Vulnerability Description

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.

CVSS Score

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Elastic	Filebeat	>= 8.0.0, < 8.19.18

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-8-19-18-9-3-1-security-update-esa-2026-165MitigationVendor Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2026-78588?

CVE-2026-78588 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). 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 e...

How severe is CVE-2026-78588?

CVE-2026-78588 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2026-78588?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Elastic Filebeat.