Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Elastic Elasticsearch unaffected
Version Status Constraints
8.0.0 affected ≤ 8.19.21
9.0.0 affected ≤ 9.4.6
9.5.0 affected ≤ 9.5.2

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Link Providers
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-3-security-update-esa-2026-184/390688 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)
Title Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch Leading to denial of service
Weaknesses CWE-400
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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-26T20:42:27.006Z

Reserved: 2026-09-21T14:04:20.082Z

Link: CVE-2026-94408

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-26T21:16:56.630

Modified: 2026-09-26T21:16:56.630

Link: CVE-2026-94408

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