CVE-2026-72656
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CVE-2026-72656 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the ES|QL query processing of Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user able to submit ES|QL queries could send a specially crafted query whose evaluation allocates an unbounded amount of heap memory, exhausting the available heap on the receiving node and causing the node to become unavailable.. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the ES|QL query processing of Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user able to submit ES|QL queries could send a specially crafted query whose evaluation allocates an unbounded amount of heap memory, exhausting the available heap on the receiving node and causing the node to become unavailable.
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Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | >= 8.11.0, < 8.18.0 |
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