PT-2026-71789 · Elastic · Elasticsearch

CVE-2026-72679

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Published

2026-08-13

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Updated

2026-08-19

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elasticsearch (affected versions not specified)
Description An issue exists where the software fails to apply configurable input length restrictions to user-supplied patterns used in intervals queries. A deeply nested pattern can cause unbounded recursion, which exhausts the thread stack and triggers a fatal error. This results in the termination of the node process, leading to a denial of service. An authenticated user with read-only privileges on a single searchable index can trigger this condition using a small search request.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Uncontrolled Recursion

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BIT-ELASTICSEARCH-2026-72679
CVE-2026-72679

Affected Products

Elasticsearch