CVE-2026-63263
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CVE-2026-63263 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Exponential Data Expansion (CAPEC-197). An authenticated user may submit a specially crafted query to the ES|QL engine that causes exponential CPU consumption during query evaluation. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Exponential Data Expansion (CAPEC-197). An authenticated user may submit a specially crafted query to the ES|QL engine that causes exponential CPU consumption during query evaluation. Because the resource exhaustion persists beyond query completion, repeated requests can fully exhaust the available query worker resources, rendering ES|QL queries unavailable until the node is restarted.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | >= 9.4.0, <= 9.4.3; >= 9.0.0, <= 9.3.7; >= 8.0.0, <= 8.19.18 |
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Timeline
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
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