Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2026-72685 json

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

published 2026-08-13 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-elasticsearch-2026-72685 , EUVD-2026-58249

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw in Elasticsearch allows a low-privileged authenticated user who can index documents to submit a single small document containing a crafted user-supplied input. Processing one such document occupies a worker thread from a bounded pool for a disproportionate amount of time, degrading the availability of indexing operations on the affected node.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5
  • elastic elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5
  • elasticsearch elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5
  • org.elasticsearch elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
OSV 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami elasticsearch
>=8.0.0, <8.19.20
>=9.0.0, <9.4.5
8.19.20
9.4.5

Affected products

  • Elastic Elasticsearch

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.