Servers and applications
CVE-2026-72679
Elasticsearch does not apply its configurable input length restriction to a user-supplied pattern accepted by an intervals query. Compiling a deeply nested pattern drives unbounded recursion that exhausts the thread stack and raises a fatal error, terminating the Elasticsearch node process and causing a denial of service for that node. An authenticated user holding only read-only privileges on a…
- Severity
- Medium 6.5
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026
- Last changed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 21 Oct 2026
- Fixed in
- 8.19.20, 9.4.5
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
ElasticsearchServers and applications · cpe:a:elastic:elasticsearch |
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