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CVE-2026-63144 Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted search request…

Description

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted search request submitted by a low-privileged authenticated user. A user with read-level index access can submit a request that triggers unbounded recursive processing within the Elasticsearch query evaluation component, causing a fatal error that terminates the affected node. In single-node deployments, this results in complete service outage; in multi-node clusters, it causes repeated node restarts and sustained availability degradation.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Elasticsearch 9.4 9.4.0 → 9.4.3 No fix stated
Elasticsearch 9.3 9.3.0 → 9.3.7 No fix stated
Elasticsearch 8.19 8.19.0 → 8.19.18 No fix stated
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