CVE-2026-56148

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56148
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-56148.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-56148
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2026-07-01T16:17:05.998Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:13:46.417534275Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
Details

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted query that causes excessive resource consumption while the request is processed, which may render the affected node unavailable.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/56xxx/CVE-2026-56148.json",
    "cna_assigner": "elastic",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-674"
    ],
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.4.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.4.2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.3.5"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.19.16"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
Events
Database specific
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_RANGE",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "8.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "8.19.17"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "9.3.6"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.4.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "9.4.3"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v9.*
v9.4.0
v9.4.1
v9.4.2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-56148.json"