Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2026-102409Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 24% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with low privileges to terminate an Elasticsearch node, resulting in denial of service, via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Elasticsearch 9.2.0 – through 9.2.89.3.0 – through 9.3.89.4.0 – through 9.4.79.5.0 – through 9.5.4

Weakness: CWE-674 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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