6.5

CVE-2026-56148: elastic elasticsearch Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-56148
Published 01-07-2026Last modified 01-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-56148 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in elastic elasticsearch. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted query that causes excessive resource consumption while the request is processed, which may render the affected node unavailable.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elastic1 product
  • elasticsearch≥ 9.4.0, ≤ 9.4.2 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.3.5 | ≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.19.16 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.19.17 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.3.6 | ≥ 9.4.0, < 9.4.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links