Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2026 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2026-94408Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch Leading to denial of service
Medium 4.9
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 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.3% 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 denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | 8.0.0 – through 8.19.219.0.0 – through 9.4.69.5.0 – through 9.5.2 |
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H