SB20260925251 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Elasticsearch
Published: September 25, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 7 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-94396)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in Elasticsearch when processing requests. A remote user can cause excessive allocation to cause a denial of service.
All configurations are affected.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-94397)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in Elasticsearch when allocating excessive resources. A remote user can trigger excessive allocation to cause a denial of service.
All configurations are affected.
3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-94399)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in Elasticsearch when processing requests. A remote user can trigger excessive allocation to cause a denial of service.
All configurations are affected.
4) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-94398)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in Elasticsearch when allocating excessive resources. A remote user can trigger excessive allocation to cause a denial of service.
5) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-82300)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in Elasticsearch index analysis APIs when invoking index analysis APIs. A remote user can cause excessive allocation to cause a denial of service.
6) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-94408)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in Elasticsearch when allocating excessive resources. A remote privileged user can trigger excessive resource allocation to cause a denial of service.
All configurations are affected.
7) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-82294)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in Elasticsearch when performing analytical aggregation searches. A remote user can cause excessive allocation to cause a denial of service.
Only configurations with analytical aggregation search capabilities enabled are vulnerable.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-9-4-7-9-5-4-security-update-esa-2026-182/390686
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-4-security-update-esa-2026-183/390687
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-4-security-update-esa-2026-180/390684
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-4-security-update-esa-2026-179/390683
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-4-security-update-esa-2026-176/390682
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-3-security-update-esa-2026-184/390688
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-21-9-4-6-9-5-3-security-update-esa-2026-170/390681