CVE-2026-56145

Published: Jul 21, 2026Modified: Jul 21, 2026

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: security@elastic.co (Secondary)

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A low-privileged authenticated user with permission to execute EQL sequence queries against an index they control can send a specially crafted query that triggers excessive memory consumption, causing the Elasticsearch node to crash.

Related CWEs

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (1)

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-18-9-3-7-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-57/388556

Source: security@elastic.co

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