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CVE-2026-49090

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).

Impact

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted bulk request that causes sustained high CPU consumption, which can render the affected node unable to process requests.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ElasticElasticsearch
from 7.0.0 before 7.17.24
from 8.0.0 before 8.15.0

Weakness classification

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