CVE-2026-49090

medium

Description

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.

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-8-15-0-security-update-esa-2026-52

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-01

Updated: 2026-07-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium