{"id":"CVE-2026-94408","title":"Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)","summary":"Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)","severity":"medium","cvss":4.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-400"],"vendor":"elastic","product":"elasticsearch","affected":["elasticsearch >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.22","elasticsearch >= 9.0.0, < 9.4.7","elasticsearch >= 9.5.0, < 9.5.3"],"patched":["elasticsearch 9.5.3"],"published":"2026-09-26","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T15:31:34.307","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94408","references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-3-security-update-esa-2026-184/390688","label":"security@elastic.co"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00252,"epssPercentile":0.16547,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-26T22:58:53.693615Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-26T21:38:01.505Z","slug":"CVE-2026-94408","body":"## Overview\n\nUncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)\n\n## Affected\n\n- `elasticsearch >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.22`\n- `elasticsearch >= 9.0.0, < 9.4.7`\n- `elasticsearch >= 9.5.0, < 9.5.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `elasticsearch 9.5.3`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":27,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}