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CVE-2026-72645

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CVSS 3.1
6.5 medium
EPSS
<1%p22
Published
()
Modified
Description

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user holding only read privileges on a single index can submit one small, specially crafted search request that causes an excessively large memory allocation, exhausting the JVM heap and terminating the affected node.

Vendors
elastic
Products
elasticsearch
Weakness
CWE-789
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.3%)

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