CVE-2026-72679 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
Elasticsearch does not apply its configurable input length restriction to a user-supplied pattern accepted by an intervals query. Compiling a deeply nested pattern drives unboun…
Published: 2026-08-13 · CVSS: 6.5 · CVSS 3.1
Elasticsearch does not apply its configurable input length restriction to a user-supplied pattern accepted by an intervals query. Compiling a deeply nested pattern drives unbounded recursion that exhausts the thread stack and raises a fatal error, terminating the Elasticsearch node process and causing a denial of service for that node. An authenticated user holding only read-only privileges on a single searchable index can trigger the condition with one small search request.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7