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CVE-2026-72678 is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. No known exploits currently, and patches are available.
Very low probability of exploitation
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Elasticsearch does not validate a size value taken from a user-supplied input before that value is used to reserve memory for an internal data structure. An authenticated user holding only read privileges can submit a single small crafted request to a product API endpoint that causes the node to attempt an excessively large allocation. The resulting memory exhaustion raises a fatal error that terminates the Elasticsearch node process, causing a denial of service for the affected node and degrading cluster health. The defect is not volumetric, so a single request is sufficient regardless of the heap size configured on the target node.
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch |
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