Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to Denial of Service via a specially crafted, deeply nested request submitted to the aggregation feature of the search API. Elasticsearch contains an uncontrolled recursion weakness in its search aggregation processing. An authenticated user with read access to a single index can submit a specially crafted request containing deeply nested aggregation definitions. Processing this request triggers unbounded recursive execution that exhausts the server process's available resources, causing the affected node to terminate. The node does not recover automatically and requires manual intervention to restore service.
History

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


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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 Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to Denial of Service via a specially crafted, deeply nested request submitted to the aggregation feature of the search API. Elasticsearch contains an uncontrolled recursion weakness in its search aggregation processing. An authenticated user with read access to a single index can submit a specially crafted request containing deeply nested aggregation definitions. Processing this request triggers unbounded recursive execution that exhausts the server process's available resources, causing the affected node to terminate. The node does not recover automatically and requires manual intervention to restore service.
Title Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-674
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: 2026-10-06T19:31:49.222Z

Updated: 2026-10-06T19:53:22.509Z

Reserved: 2026-09-29T20:57:38.467Z

Link: CVE-2026-103006

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T19:53:18.840Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-06T20:17:13.730

Modified: 2026-10-09T13:26:04.043

Link: CVE-2026-103006

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-06T19:31:49Z

Links: CVE-2026-103006 - Bugzilla