CVE-2026-72683
CVSS v3
6.5
MEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.6 %
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 5.0.0 · fixed in 8.19.19
Description
A flaw in Elasticsearch allows an authenticated user with the privileges required to invoke the simulate pipeline API endpoint (https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-ingest-simulate) to submit a request that causes a self-referential data structure to be created. When a specific internal component later processes that structure, the operation recurses without bound and raises a fatal error that is not handled by the surrounding execution path, terminating the affected node process and resulting in a denial of service.
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2026-08-13
- Last Modified
- 2026-08-13
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