Answer in brief
CVE-2026-81843 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Memory exhaustion denial of service in Elasticsearch data source index patterns. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Grafana/Elasticsearch Datasource (generic), Grafana/Grafana Enterprise (generic), Grafana/Grafana OSS (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Grafana/Elasticsearch Datasource (generic), Grafana/Grafana Enterprise (generic), Grafana/Grafana OSS (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Grafana/Elasticsearch Datasourcegeneric | >=12.4.2 <12.9.6 | 12.9.6 |
| Grafana/Grafana Enterprisegeneric | >=11.6.0 <=11.6.16 || >=12.0.0 <=12.2.10 || >=12.3.0 <12.4.15 | 12.4.15 |
| Grafana/Grafana OSSgeneric | >=11.6.0 <=11.6.16 || >=12.0.0 <=12.2.10 || >=12.3.0 <12.4.15 | 12.4.15 |
Published upstream
Nov 12, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 12, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 12, 2026
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. When an Elasticsearch data source is configured with a time-based index pattern, Grafana generated one index name for every interval in the requested query time range without any upper limit. A user with permission to query the data source, which includes users holding only the Viewer role in a default configuration, could submit a single small query with an extreme time range and cause the server to allocate memory until it was terminated. The allocation occurred before any request was sent to Elasticsearch, so the condition applied whether or not the Elasticsearch cluster was reachable. Data sources configured with a static index name are not affected.
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