Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)
Affected products
elastic: elasticsearch
References1
- discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-9-4-7-9-5-4-security-update-… Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.5
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 15 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-400
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