PT-2026-71792 · Elastic · Elasticsearch
CVE-2026-72683
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Published
2026-08-13
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Updated
2026-08-19
CVSS v3.1
6.5
Medium
| Vector | AV: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 authenticated user with sufficient privileges can trigger a denial of service by sending a request to the 'simulate pipeline' API endpoint. This action creates a self-referential data structure, which causes an internal component to recurse without bound. The resulting unhandled fatal error terminates the affected node process.
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
Affected Products
Elasticsearch