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.
History

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published: 2026-10-06T19:31:43.529Z

Updated: 2026-10-06T19:54:55.656Z

Reserved: 2026-09-29T02:06:02.426Z

Link: CVE-2026-102411

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T19:54:52.401Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-06T20:17:13.180

Modified: 2026-10-09T15:49:36.110

Link: CVE-2026-102411

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-06T19:31:43Z

Links: CVE-2026-102411 - Bugzilla