CVE-2026-94408 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Elastic Subscribe	Elasticsearch Subscribe

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Vendors	Products
Elastic Subscribe	Elasticsearch Subscribe

Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-3-security-update-esa-2026-184/390688

History

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Elastic Elastic elasticsearch
Vendors & Products		Elastic Elastic elasticsearch

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130)
Title		Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch Leading to denial of service
Weaknesses		CWE-400
References		https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-3-security-update-esa-2026-184/390688
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published: 2026-09-26T20:42:27.006Z

Updated: 2026-09-26T22:59:01.550Z

Reserved: 2026-09-21T14:04:20.082Z

Link: CVE-2026-94408

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-26T22:58:58.284Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-26T21:16:56.630

Modified: 2026-09-26T23:16:40.443

Link: CVE-2026-94408

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-26T23:00:14Z

Weaknesses

CWE-400

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