CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedFilebeat is vulnerable to a denial of service due to improper resource allocation, allowing an attacker to exploit the HTTP ingestion endpoint by sending specially crafted compressed requests. This can lead to excessive memory consumption, potentially crashing the Filebeat process. Organizations using Filebeat should prioritize addressing this vulnerability to prevent service disruptions.
Original NVD Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Filebeat can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An attacker able to reach the Filebeat HTTP ingestion endpoint could send specially crafted compressed requests that exhaust the memory resources of the Filebeat process.
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