Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted bulk request that causes sustained high CPU consumption, which can render the affected node unable to process requests.
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-8-15-0-security-update-esa-2026-52