BIT-elasticsearch-2026-56148

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Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

view advisory published 2026-07-06Licence: per source

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.

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2026-56148US	—	0.47% (41st)	—	2026-07-01
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 t…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-17-9-3-6-9-4-3-security-update-esa-2026-42ADVISORY
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56148WEB

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