CVE-2026-56149
CVSS v3
4.9
MEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5 %
exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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Affected and fixed versions
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
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Packages
- elasticsearchBitnamifrom 8.0.0 · fixed in 8.19.17
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 machine learning request that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render the affected node unavailable.
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2026-07-01
- Last Modified
- 2026-07-02
- MSRC Title
- Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
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