CVE-2026-103008

Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 6, 2026 at 07:31 PM UTC
Updated: October 9, 2026 at 01:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorElasticsearch

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to Denial of Service via a specially crafted request that causes the server to construct and process a deeply nested data structure with no bound on recursion depth. Elasticsearch contains an uncontrolled recursion weakness in how it builds and serializes geometry values produced by scripted runtime fields. Unlike geometry supplied as text, which is subject to a nesting-depth limit, geometry constructed from a script's output is not bounded. An authenticated user with read access to a single index can submit a request defining such a field with a script that produces a deeply nested structure. Processing this request recurses past the available stack space, causing the affected node to terminate. The node does not recover automatically on all deployments and may require manual intervention to restore service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
8.12.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.19.228.12.0 ≤ v < 8.19.239.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.4.79.0.0 ≤ v < 9.4.89.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.5.49.5.0 ≤ v < 9.5.5*8.12.09.0.09.5.0

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMelastic
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-674

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