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.
CVSS 6.5EPSS 0.24%Risk 0.66
View source- Published
- 2026-07-21 21:16:52
- Affected versions
- unknown
- Type
- Critical software
- Last modified
- 2026-08-07 20:09:29
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H