GHSA-5vrw-qjxw-89r5

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    GHSA-5vrw-qjxw-89r5

    Published: 19 Mar 2026Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Metricbeat Allocates Memory with Excessive Size Value Leading to Denial of Service

    Details: 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).

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26931, https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/de072c4e371eafeb2a42d65b9ad513f666e4ffd7, https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-8-19-13-9-2-5-security-update-esa-2026-09/385532, https://github.com/elastic/beats

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/elastic/beats/v7

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats/v7

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.0.0-alpha2.0.20260112100137-de072c4e371e

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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