Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted bulk request that causes sustained high CPU consumption, which can render the affected node unable to process requests.
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "Medium"
}