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CVE-2026-56148

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Description

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted query that causes excessive resource consumption while the request is processed, which may render the affected node unavailable.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-01 17:16:36.840000
Last modified
2026-10-25 17:10:00.197000
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  "published": "2026-07-01T17:16:36.840",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-25T17:10:00.197",
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      "value": "Recursión Incontrolada (CWE-674) en Elasticsearch puede conducir a una denegación de servicio a través de Asignación Excesiva (CAPEC-130). Un usuario autenticado puede enviar una consulta especialmente diseñada que causa un consumo excesivo de recursos mientras se procesa la solicitud, lo que puede dejar el nodo afectado no disponible."
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