CVE-2026-72683

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.57% (47th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw in Elasticsearch allows an authenticated user with the privileges required to invoke the simulate pipeline API endpoint (https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-ingest-simulate) to submit a request that causes a self-referential data structure to be created. When a specific internal component later processes that structure, the operation recurses without bound and raises a fatal error that is not handled by the surrounding execution path, terminating the affected node process and resulting in a denial of service.

cvss

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

6.5

010

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

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security@elastic.coexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-674US

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Elasticsearch <8.19.20all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch <9.4.5all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch <9.5.1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 8.19.20cert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 9.4.5cert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 9.5.1cert_bundDE
Elastic Elasticsearch≤ 9.4.0 ≤9.4.3enisa_euvdEU
Elastic Elasticsearch≤ 9.3.0 ≤9.3.7enisa_euvdEU
Elastic Elasticsearch≤ 5.0.0 ≤8.19.18enisa_euvdEU
elastic elasticsearch5.0.0 → 8.19.19nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch9.3.0 → 9.3.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch9.4.0 → 9.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami elasticsearch5.0.0 → 8.19.19osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Bitnami elasticsearch9.3.0 → 9.3.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Bitnami elasticsearch9.4.0 → 9.4.4osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-2841Elasticsearch: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Elasticsearch ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, und um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
BIT-elasticsearch-2026-72683Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service2026-08-19vendor · osvUS
A flaw in Elasticsearch allows an authenticated user with the privileges required to invoke the simulate pipeline API endpoint (https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-ingest-simulate) to submit a request that causes a self-referential data structure to be created. When a specific internal component later processes that structure, the operation recurses without bound and raises a fatal error that is not handled by the surrounding execution path, terminating the affected node process and resulting in a denial of service.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-08-13modified 2026-09-01

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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