CVE-2026-115715

Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted input value that is processed by an affected phonetic encoder of the analysis-phonetic plugin. An authenticated user with permission to write documents to or run searches against an index that uses an affected encoder can cause an Elasticsearch node to exhaust its heap memory. The node can become unresponsive or terminate.

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS score

6.5 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-11-03 17:17:56.173000

Last modified

2026-11-03 18:17:54

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  "id": "CVE-2026-115715",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-03T17:17:56.173",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T18:17:54.000",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted input value that is processed by an affected phonetic encoder of the analysis-phonetic plugin. An authenticated user with permission to write documents to or run searches against an index that uses an affected encoder can cause an Elasticsearch node to exhaust its heap memory. The node can become unresponsive or terminate."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Elastic",
          "product": "Elasticsearch",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "8.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "8.19.23",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "9.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "9.4.8",
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              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "9.5.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "9.5.5",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
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          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "baseScore": 6.5,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
        "impactScore": 3.6
      }
    ],
    "ssvcV203": [
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            }
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  "weaknesses": [
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      "type": "Secondary",
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-24-9-4-9-9-5-6-security-update-esa-2026-235/391372",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}