Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with low privileges to terminate an Elasticsearch node, resulting in denial of service, via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-9-4-8-9-5-5-security-update-esa-2026-190/390863 Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.5 · elasticNVD modified 2026-10-13 18:40
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*