CVE-2026-63263Disclosure(elastic / elasticsearch)

LOWCVSS 6.5 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Exponential Data Expansion (CAPEC-197). An authenticated user may submit a specially crafted query to the ES|QL engine that causes exponential CPU consumption during query evaluation. Because the resource exhaustion persists beyond query completion, repeated requests can fully exhaust the available query worker resources, rendering ES|QL queries unavailable until the node is restarted.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-400

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • elasticsearch

Threat summary

  • 3 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 3 signals
  • Disclosure: 3 classified signals
  • Peaked 1d ago at 2 mentions (2026-07-21); latest day: 1
  • 3 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
elasticsearch

Deep dive

Activity timeline3 mentions / 2d
01122Mentions · 2026-07-21: 2Mentions · 2026-07-22: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-21: 2Technical Details · 2026-07-22: 107-2107-22
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
3100.0%
Referenced assets3 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-07-212
Disclosure2
2026-07-221
Disclosure1
Full discourse3 posts
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-63263 Denial of Service via Exponential Data Expansion in Elasticsearch ES|QL Engine https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-63263

    Post summary

    The entry announces CVE-2026-63263, a DoS vulnerability in Elasticsearch ES|QL Engine caused by exponential data expansion, without mentioning any PoC, exploit, or patch.

    0000094
    4.1K followersView on X
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    Disclosure

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-63263 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Exponential Data Expansion (CAPEC-197). An authenticated user may submi… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63263 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-63263 Con… http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The post reports CVE-2026-63263 in Elasticsearch, outlining its uncontrolled resource consumption risk and potential for a denial-of-service attack, but does not provide a PoC, exploit, or patch information.

    0000027
    94 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-63263 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Exponential Data Expansion (CAPEC-197). An authenticated user may submi… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63263

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-63263 in Elasticsearch is a denial‑of‑service vulnerability caused by uncontrolled resource consumption via exponential data expansion, with no PoC, exploitation details, or patch information provided.

    000001.4K
    57.8K followersView on X
CPE platform detail1 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appelasticelasticsearch---

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