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Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-72645

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user holding only read privileges on a single index can submit one small, specially crafted search request that causes an excessively large memory allocation, exhausting the JVM heap and terminating the affected node.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 21.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-72645


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