CVE-2026-56148CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

Medium · published July 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted query that causes excessive resource consumption while the request is processed, which may render the affected node unavailable.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00472 · 39.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion
Published
2026-07-01T16:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JUL 16:17Z
    Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
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