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CVE-2026-94399: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch Leading to denial of service
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-26 · updated 2026-09-29
- Weakness: CWE-400
Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)
Affected products
- Elasticsearch: from 8.0.0 before 8.19.22; from 9.0.0 before 9.4.7; from 9.5.0 before 9.5.4 — fixed in 8.19.22, 9.4.7, 9.5.4
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Elasticsearch 8.19.22, 9.4.7, 9.5.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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