CVE-2026-49090

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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, which can render the affected node unable to process requests.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EPSS
16.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Elasticsearch 7.17.24, 8.15.0 Security Update (ESA-2026-52) - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-8-15-0-security-update-esa-2026-52

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-49090(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 16× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 12:17 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-06 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-05 13:38 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-05 13:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-04 14:59 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-04 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-03 16:20 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-03 16:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-02 17:42 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-02 17:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-01 19:03 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-01 19:03 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-49090?
CVE-2026-49090 is a medium vulnerability published on July 1, 2026. 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, which can render the affected node unable to process…
When was CVE-2026-49090 disclosed?
CVE-2026-49090 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 1, 2026, with the most recent update on July 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-49090 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-49090 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 16.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-49090?
CVE-2026-49090 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-49090?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-49090, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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