What is CVE-2026-49090?

CVE-2026-49090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-49090?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Elastic Elasticsearch

CVE-2026-49090

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted bulk request that causes sustained high CPU consumption…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Elastic Elasticsearch — versions 8.0.0, 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

security@elastic.co

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-49090?: CVE-2026-49090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-49090?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.