# CVE-2026-26931: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Metricbeat Leading to Denial of Service

- Also known as: GHSA-5VRW-QJXW-89R5, GO-2026-4790
- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/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-alpha2.0.20260112100137-de072c4e371e
- Published: 2026-03-19 · Updated: 2026-03-19

## Affected

- Elastic Metricbeat: from 8.0.0, through 8.19.12
- github.com/elastic/beats/v7 (Go): fixed in 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20260112100137-de072c4e371e
- github.com/elastic/beats (Go): all versions

## Description

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).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Elastic Metricbeat, github.com/elastic/beats/v7, github.com/elastic/beats, upgrade to a fixed version (7.0.0-alpha2.0.20260112100137-de072c4e371e) 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-8-19-13-9-2-5-security-update-esa-2026-09/385532

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