CVE-2026-72685 — Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
A flaw in Elasticsearch allows a low-privileged authenticated user who can index documents to submit a single small document containing a crafted user-supplied input. Processing…
Published: 2026-08-13 · CVSS: 4.3 · CVSS 3.1
A flaw in Elasticsearch allows a low-privileged authenticated user who can index documents to submit a single small document containing a crafted user-supplied input. Processing one such document occupies a worker thread from a bounded pool for a disproportionate amount of time, degrading the availability of indexing operations on the affected node.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7