CVE-2026-103006

Summary

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to Denial of Service via a specially crafted, deeply nested request submitted to the aggregation feature of the search API. Elasticsearch contains an uncontrolled recursion weakness in its search aggregation processing. An authenticated user with read access to a single index can submit a specially crafted request containing deeply nested aggregation definitions. Processing this request triggers unbounded recursive execution that exhausts the server process's available resources, causing the affected node to terminate. The node does not recover automatically and requires manual intervention to restore service.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
ElasticElasticsearch8.0.0 <= 8.19.20affected
ElasticElasticsearch9.0.0 <= 9.4.5affected
ElasticElasticsearch9.5.0 <= 9.5.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-674: CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References