Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted search request submitted by a low-privileged authenticated user. A user with read-level index access can submit a request that triggers unbounded recursive processing within the Elasticsearch query evaluation component, causing a fatal error that terminates the affected node. In single-node deployments, this results in complete service outage; in multi-node clusters, it causes repeated node restarts and sustained availability degradation.

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Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Elastic
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Description Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted search request submitted by a low-privileged authenticated user. A user with read-level index access can submit a request that triggers unbounded recursive processing within the Elasticsearch query evaluation component, causing a fatal error that terminates the affected node. In single-node deployments, this results in complete service outage; in multi-node clusters, it causes repeated node restarts and sustained availability degradation.
Title Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-674
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

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Updated: 2026-07-21T22:26:43.138Z

Reserved: 2026-07-15T18:23:57.166Z

Link: CVE-2026-63144

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Updated: 2026-07-22T05:15:02Z

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