Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-01
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

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


Subscriptions

Elastic Elasticsearch
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-01T19:37:54.442Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T11:01:02.534Z

Link: CVE-2026-56143

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-01T19:37:51.401Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-01T20:17:14.990

Modified: 2026-09-01T21:15:37.123

Link: CVE-2026-56143

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T00:00:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling