CVE-2026-56143

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileDEUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.44% (38th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cert_bund · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A user with elevated privileges can submit a specially crafted request that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render the affected node unavailable.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security@elastic.coexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6

v3.14.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-770US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Azure Linux azl3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux:azl3
Open Source Elasticsearch< 8.19.19cert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 8.19.20cert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 9.3.0cert_bundDE
elastic elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.19.20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch9.0.0 → 9.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.19.20osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Bitnami elasticsearch9.0.0 → 9.3.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-3131Elasticsearch: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Elasticsearch ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
BIT-elasticsearch-2026-56143Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service2026-09-07vendor · osvUS
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A user with elevated privileges can submit a specially crafted request that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render the affected node unavailable.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-09-01modified 2026-09-01

references (1) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-20-9-3-0-security-update-esa-2026-47/390084

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