CVE-2026-56143: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elastic Elasticsearch
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 request that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render the affected node unavailable.
CVE-2026-56143: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elastic Elasticsearch
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 request that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render the affected node unavailable.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.9medium
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- elastic
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-19T11:01:02.534Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a972606acd9273b491915b8
Added to database: 09/01/2026, 19:22:46 UTC
Last updated: 09/01/2026, 19:53:02 UTC
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