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CVE-2026-72685

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2026-08-13 Modified: 2026-08-13

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-407

References