4.3
Medium
CVE-2026-72685 A flaw in Elasticsearch allows a low-privileged authenticated user who can index documents to submit a single small…
Description
A flaw in Elasticsearch allows a low-privileged authenticated user who can index documents to submit a single small document containing a crafted user-supplied input. Processing one such document occupies a worker thread from a bounded pool for a disproportionate amount of time, degrading the availability of indexing operations on the affected node.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Elasticsearch 9.0 | 9.0.0 → 9.4.4 | No fix stated |
| Elasticsearch 8.0 | 8.0.0 → 8.19.19 | No fix stated |
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