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CVE-2026-103008
Published:October 06, 2026
Updated:October 09, 2026
Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to Denial of Service via a specially crafted request that causes the server to construct and process a deeply nested data structure with no bound on recursion depth. Elasticsearch contains an uncontrolled recursion weakness in how it builds and serializes geometry values produced by scripted runtime fields. Unlike geometry supplied as text, which is subject to a nesting-depth limit, geometry constructed from a script's output is not bounded. An authenticated user with read access to a single index can submit a request defining such a field with a script that produces a deeply nested structure. Processing this request recurses past the available stack space, causing the affected node to terminate. The node does not recover automatically on all deployments and may require manual intervention to restore service.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.5.0 <v9.5.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.5.5
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v8.12.0 <v8.19.23
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.19.23
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.0.0 <v9.4.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.4.8
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-geo (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=8.12.0 <8.19.23
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 8.19.23
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-geo (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=9.0.0 <9.4.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 9.4.8
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=9.5.0 <9.5.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 9.5.5
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=9.0.0 <9.4.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 9.4.8
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-geo (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=9.5.0 <9.5.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 9.5.5
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=8.12.0 <8.19.23
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 8.19.23
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Recursion
EPSS
Base Score:
0.30