CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-18420

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 20, 2026Sources checked Oct 27, 2026

8.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-18420 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

AWS Security Bulletins guidance

Vendor revision: Oct 21, 2026

To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to OpenSearch Dashboards 3.8 or later.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS1.0%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-18420?

Improper input validation in the Time Series Visual Builder (TSVB) plugin in OpenSearch Dashboards allows an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary code on the server via a crafted JSON payload to the metrics visualization API endpoint. This issue is a form of prototype pollution that enables remote code execution.

To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to OpenSearch Dashboards 3.8 or later.

Source: NVD