CVE-2026-56150

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Fleet Server Leading to Denial of Service

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 1, 2026 at 04:26 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 05:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFleet Server

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Fleet Server can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An attacker can submit a specially crafted request to an upload endpoint that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render Fleet Server unavailable.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
8.0.0 ≤ v < 8.19.119.0.0 ≤ v < 9.2.58.0.09.0.0
Affected range stops below 8.19.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-770

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