Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A low-privileged authenticated user can submit a specially crafted query that causes uncontrolled memory growth in the query processing engine, resulting in an out-of-memory condition that terminates the Elasticsearch node. The condition can be triggered repeatedly, including by queries embedded in shared resources, causing persistent cluster unavailability.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | >= 8.0.0, <= 8.19.22; >= 9.0.0, <= 9.4.7; >= 9.5.0, <= 9.5.4 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 6, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 13, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed