CVE-2026-26936Disclosure(elastic / kibana)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch elastic kibana systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity (CWE-1333) in the AI Inference Anonymization Engine in Kibana can lead Denial of Service via Regular Expression Exponential Blowup (CAPEC-492).

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-1333

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • kibana

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-02-26); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
kibana

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-02-26: 1Mentions · 2026-03-04: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-03-04: 1Technical Details · 2026-02-26: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-04: 102-2603-04
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
Patch
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-02-261
Disclosure1
2026-03-041
Patch1
Full discourse2 posts
  • PulsePatch.io@pulsepatchio
    Patch

    `Kibana` is affected by CVE-2026-26936, an inefficient regex DoS vulnerability. This can impact service availability. Update `Kibana` to version 9.2.5 or later. #Kibana #ElasticStack #infosec https://www.pulsepatch.io/posts/cve-2026-26936-kibana-regex-dos

    Post summary

    The tweet alerts that Kibana is vulnerable to a regex-based DoS (CVE-2026-26936) and recommends upgrading to version 9.2.5 or newer to mitigate the risk.

    0000036
    1 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-26936 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity (CWE-1333) in the AI Inference Anonymization Engine in Kibana can lead Denial of Service via Regular Expression Exponential … https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26936

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-26936 highlights an inefficient regular expression in Kibana’s AI Inference Anonymization Engine that can cause a denial of service.

    0000097
    56.6K followersView on X
CPE platform detail1 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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