CVE-2026-72656(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

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the ES|QL query processing of Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user able to submit ES|QL queries could send a specially crafted query whose evaluation allocates an unbounded amount of heap memory, exhausting the available heap on the receiving node and causing the node to become unavailable.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-789

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

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

  • elasticsearch

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
elasticsearch

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-10-09: 110-09
Referenced assets1 URL
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Full discourse1 post
  • VulniPulse@vulnipulse

    CVE advisory: CVE-2026-72656 - netapp: CVE-2026-72656 Elasticsearch Vulnerability in NetApp Products. https://vulnipulse.com/advisories/netapp-ntap-20261009-0007 #CVE #CyberSecurity #NetApp #Elasticsearch

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CPE platform detail1 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appelasticelasticsearch---

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