CVE-2026-63144

Summary

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted search request submitted by a low-privileged authenticated user. A user with read-level index access can submit a request that triggers unbounded recursive processing within the Elasticsearch query evaluation component, causing a fatal error that terminates the affected node. In single-node deployments, this results in complete service outage; in multi-node clusters, it causes repeated node restarts and sustained availability degradation.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
ElasticElasticsearch9.4.0 <= 9.4.3affected
ElasticElasticsearch9.3.0 <= 9.3.7affected
ElasticElasticsearch8.19.0 <= 8.19.18affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-674: CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion

References