# CVE-2026-75897: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Capabilities Route in OpenSearch Dashboards

> CVE-2026-75897: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Capabilities Route in OpenSearch Dashboards. CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-75897
Last updated: 2026-08-20T13:01:19Z

- Published: 2026-08-18 17:05 UTC · Updated: 2026-08-20 13:01 UTC · Assigner: AMZN
- CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS: 0.72%, 53th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-1284

## Description

Improper input validation in the capabilities route handler in OpenSearch Dashboards - the size of the request payload is not bounded - might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request.

## Affected vendors and products

- AWS: Amazon OpenSearch Service
- OpenSearch: OpenSearch Dashboards

## Tracked companies

- [Amazon Web Services](https://rewindex.com/company/aws.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75897)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75897)
- [https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-082-aws/](https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-082-aws/)
- [https://opensearch.org/downloads/](https://opensearch.org/downloads/)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-75897 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-75897.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-75897 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:11:15.419Z