Findings

CVE-2026-26931

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).

Published Mar 19, 2026 · updated Sep 4, 2026 · elastic metricbeat

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).

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  1. Mar 19, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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).

  2. Sep 4, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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).

Affected

  • cpe elastic/metricbeatversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-26931

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-26931

    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).

    nvd.nist.gov

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