Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service (Elastic Elasticsearch)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.42 % · percentile 36 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- elastic
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
A flaw in Elasticsearch allows an authenticated user holding only read privileges to submit a small search request containing a crafted user-supplied input. Processing that input causes a specific internal component to allocate memory without any upper bound, and the allocation occurs outside the scope of the existing memory accounting controls that were intended to constrain it. The resulting out-of-memory condition is fatal and terminates the affected node process, causing a denial of service.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | elastic |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security@elastic.co (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-58248
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-72684
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.0.0 < 8.19.20cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.0.0 < 9.4.5
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Elastic · Elasticsearch | affected 8.0.0 ≤ 8.19.19 ; affected 9.0.0 ≤ 9.4.4 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |