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CVE-2026-56150

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Fleet Server can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.48%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Fleet Server can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An attacker can submit a specially crafted request to an upload endpoint that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render Fleet Server unavailable.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.48% probability · 40th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-770
Affected
elastic/fleet server
Source
security@elastic.co

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.