BIT-elasticsearch-2026-72656
See a problem?- Import Source
- https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/elasticsearch/BIT-elasticsearch-2026-72656.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-elasticsearch-2026-72656
- Aliases
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- CVE-2026-72656
- Published
- 2026-08-19T08:39:43.724Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-19T09:45:07.438570953Z
- Summary
- Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
- Details
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Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the ES|QL query processing of Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user able to submit ES|QL queries could send a specially crafted query whose evaluation allocates an unbounded amount of heap memory, exhausting the available heap on the receiving node and causing the node to become unavailable.
- Database specific
{ "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:*" ], "severity": "Medium" }- References
Affected packages
Bitnami / elasticsearch
Package
- Name
- elasticsearch
- Purl
- pkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
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