Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2026 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2026-82300Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Elasticsearch from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Elasticsearch 8.0.0 – through 8.19.219.0.0 – through 9.4.69.5.0 – through 9.5.3

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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