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CVE-2026-72649: elastic elasticsearch Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 01-09-2026Last modified 02-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72649 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in elastic elasticsearch. EPSS estimates a 0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.92%
0%100%
Low · +0.29 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) in the Elasticsearch machine learning component can lead to remote code execution via Object Injection (CAPEC-586). A specially crafted trained model artifact could cause attacker-controlled logic to execute with a materially broader system-call surface than intended. Exploitation requires an authenticated user with sufficient privileges to create and deploy trained models.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

60%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.29 pp

From 0.63% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.92%

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≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.19.19 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.4.4 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.19.20 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.4.5 | 9.5.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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