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CVE-2026-72686

A flaw in Elasticsearch allows a low-privileged authenticated user to submit a single request containing a crafted user-supplied input. A specific internal component validates the input using a recursive routine and applies no bound to the length of the value being validated, so the validation causes the thread to exhaust its stack. The resulting fatal error is not handled by the surrounding…

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, 9.5.1
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
ElasticsearchServers and applications · cpe:a:elastic:elasticsearch
  • From 8.0.0 before 8.19.20
  • From 9.0.0 before 9.4.5
  • From 9.5.0 before 9.5.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72686
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72686