CVE-2026-56143 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

CVE-2026-56143

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Elastic / Elasticsearch	affected 8.0.0 through 8.19.19; affected 9.0.0 through 9.2.8

CWE

CWE-770

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-20-9-3-0-security-update-esa-2026-47/390084

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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