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CVE-2026-63144: Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2026-07-21 · updated 2026-10-24
- Weakness: CWE-674
Description
Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted search request submitted by a low-privileged authenticated user. A user with read-level index access can submit a request that triggers unbounded recursive processing within the Elasticsearch query evaluation component, causing a fatal error that terminates the affected node. In single-node deployments, this results in complete service outage; in multi-node clusters, it causes repeated node restarts and sustained availability degradation.
Affected products
- Elasticsearch: from 8.19.0 before 8.19.19; from 9.3.0 before 9.3.8; from 9.4.0 before 9.4.4 — fixed in 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Elasticsearch 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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