VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-72638

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-13
Last modified2026-09-01
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). An authenticated user holding only low-privileged index creation permissions can submit a single request containing a specially crafted, malformed custom analysis definition that is resolved recursively without a cycle or depth check, exhausting the thread stack and terminating the affected node.

Weakness classification

  • security@elastic.co: CWE-674

Primary references