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).

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Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Elastic Kibana unaffected
Version Status Constraints
9.0.0 affected ≤ 9.2.4
8.0.0 affected ≤ 8.19.10

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https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-11-9-2-5-security-update-esa-2026-14/385250 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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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).
Title Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T17:07:40.604Z

Reserved: 2026-02-16T16:42:05.774Z

Link: CVE-2026-26936

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-26T18:23:07.973

Modified: 2026-02-26T18:23:07.973

Link: CVE-2026-26936

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