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CVE-2026-56143: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-01 · updated 2026-09-04
- Weakness: CWE-770
Description
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 products
- Elasticsearch: from 8.0.0 before 8.19.20; from 9.0.0 before 9.3.0 — fixed in 8.19.20, 9.3.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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