CVE-2026-63140Medium· 6.5▾ SunlitReachable Assertion (CWE-617) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). A specially crafted search request containing a null value in a specific query clause causes an internal assertion to b…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 35.8 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
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0.2% → 0.4%
Reachable Assertion (CWE-617) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). A specially crafted search request containing a null value in a specific query clause causes an internal assertion to be raised during query parsing. Because Elasticsearch treats assertion failures as fatal errors, this terminates the affected node process. A low-privileged authenticated user with read access to at least one index can exploit this condition with a single request to cause a node to terminate, disrupting search availability. In a single-node deployment this fully stops Elasticsearch; in a multi-node cluster it reduces cluster capacity for each affected node.
elasticsearch >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.19elasticsearch >= 9.0.0, < 9.3.8elasticsearch >= 9.4.0, < 9.4.4Upgrade past the affected range:
elasticsearch 9.4.4Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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