Description
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.
Published: 2026-07-01
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Subscriptions

Elastic Elasticsearch
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-01T17:25:09.726Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T11:01:02.535Z

Link: CVE-2026-56148

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-01T17:21:15.433Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-01T22:30:15Z

Weaknesses