# CVE-2026-115716: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in APM Server Leading to Denial of Service

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-03. Updated: 2026-11-03.

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in APM Server can lead to denial of service via Oversized Serialized Data Payloads (CAPEC-231). An attacker who can send OpenTelemetry (OTLP) data to APM Server over HTTP can cause APM Server to exhaust its memory and terminate. This stops the intake of APM and OpenTelemetry data until APM Server restarts.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Elastic / APM Server: ≥ 8.3.0; ≤ 8.19.23 (affected, semver); ≥ 9.0.0; ≤ 9.4.8 (affected, semver); ≥ 9.5.0; ≤ 9.5.5 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: elastic

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 6.5 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: CNA: elastic

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-770

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-8-19-24-9-4-9-9-5-6-security-update-esa-2026-236/391373 (CNA: elastic)

## Provenance

- CNA: elastic: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115716; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated 2026-11-03

Revision: 1f373d81c508db685ef400354a7a379bf172a33bbeb751d360ae6e949ee2b082

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-115716

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