VDB-410759 · CVE-2026-94408 · GCVE-0-2026-94408

Elastic Elasticsearch up to 8.19.21/9.4.6/9.5.2 resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Elastic Elasticsearch up to 8.19.21/9.4.6/9.5.2. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-94408. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Elasticsearch up to 8.19.21/9.4.6/9.5.2. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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

It is possible to read the advisory at discuss.elastic.co. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-94408 since 09/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.19.22, 9.4.7 or 9.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Elastic

Name

Elasticsearch

Version

License

free

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

VulDB Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.9
CNA Vector (elastic): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Elasticsearch 8.19.22/9.4.7/9.5.3

Timelineinfo

09/21/2026 CVE reserved
09/26/2026 +5 days Advisory disclosed
09/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-94408 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-94408
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-410759

Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2026 23:15
Changes: 09/26/2026 23:15 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103