VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-63136

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-07-21
Last modified2026-10-24
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A user with search privileges can submit a specially crafted search request that causes a data node to exhaust available heap memory, resulting in node unavailability and cluster degradation. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause cluster downtime requiring manual intervention to restore service.

Weakness classification

  • security@elastic.co: CWE-400

Primary references