CVE-2026-56149

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.94.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.9
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.9Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A user with elevated privileges can submit a specially crafted machine learning request that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render the affected node unavailable.

CVSS v3
4.9
EG Score
4.9(high)
EPSS
24.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 4, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Elasticsearch 8.19.17, 9.3.6, 9.4.3 Security Update (ESA-2026-43) - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-17-9-3-6-9-4-3-security-update-esa-2026-43

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56149(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 20× in last 7d / 20× 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. 2026-07-07 03:42 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 03:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-06 01:58 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-06 01:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-05 00:16 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-05 00:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-03 22:33 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-03 22:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-02 20:46 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-02 20:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-01 19:03 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-01 19:03 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56149?
CVE-2026-56149 is a medium vulnerability published on July 1, 2026. Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A user with elevated privileges can submit a specially crafted machine learning request that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render…
When was CVE-2026-56149 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56149 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-2026-56149 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56149 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 24.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56149?
CVE-2026-56149 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56149?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56149, 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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