CVE-2026-102411

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

Published Oct 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). Elasticsearch enforces a size limit on the user-supplied metadata field for each individual template resource, but does not limit the total memory used when multiple such resources are retrieved together. A user holding the *manage_index_templates* cluster privilege can register multiple resources each within the individual limit. Retrieving them together materializes all of their metadata values in memory at once, exhausting available heap and causing the affected node to fail with an out-of-memory error, resulting in a denial of service.

Remediation

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History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). Elasticsearch enforces a size limit on the user-supplied metadata field for each individual template resource, but does not limit the total memory used when multiple such resources are retrieved together. A user holding the *manage_index_templates* cluster privilege can register multiple resources each within the individual limit. Retrieving them together materializes all of their metadata values in memory at once, exhausting available heap and causing the affected node to fail with an out-of-memory error, resulting in a denial of service.
Title Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Oct 6, 2026, 7:54 PM
Reserved
Sep 29, 2026, 2:06 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 6, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Oct 9, 2026, 3:49 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 6, 2026, 7:31 PM