# CVE-2026-0528: Improper Input Validation in Metricbeat Leading to Denial of Service

- Also known as: GO-2026-4360, GHSA-W2GR-585J-R428
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251217054608-6e42552a23ce, 8.19.10, 9.1.10, 9.2.4
- Published: 2026-01-13 · Updated: 2026-01-13

## Affected

- Elastic Metricbeat: from 7.0.0, through 7.17.29; from 8.0.0, through 8.19.9; from 9.0.0, through 9.1.9; from 9.2.0, through 9.2.3
- github.com/elastic/beats (Go): all versions
- github.com/elastic/beats/v7 (Go): fixed in 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251217054608-6e42552a23ce
- github.com/elastic/beats/v7 (Go): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.19.10
- github.com/elastic/beats/v7 (Go): from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.1.10
- github.com/elastic/beats/v7 (Go): from 9.2.0, fixed in 9.2.4

## Description

Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129) exists in Metricbeat can allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service through Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153) via specially crafted, malformed payloads sent to the Graphite server metricset or Zookeeper server metricset. Additionally, Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) exists in the Prometheus helper module that can allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service through Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153) via specially crafted, malformed metric data.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Elastic Metricbeat, github.com/elastic/beats, github.com/elastic/beats/v7, upgrade to a fixed version (7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251217054608-6e42552a23ce, 8.19.10, 9.1.10, 9.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-8-19-10-9-1-10-9-2-4-security-update-esa-2026-01/384519

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