CVE-2026-72642

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-13. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The native inference process that Elasticsearch uses to evaluate uploaded machine learning models accepts a model operation that computes a memory address from an offset supplied inside the model, without validating that the offset stays within the bounds of the underlying storage. A user with the privileges required to upload and deploy a trained model can craft a model that reads and writes memory outside the intended allocation. The result is heap corruption that crashes the inference process, and, with sufficient control over the heap layout, could allow arbitrary code execution in the context of that process.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
26%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 13, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-123) - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-20-9-4-5-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-123/389504

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72642(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 29× in last 7d / 37× 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. 2026-08-21 01:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 01:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 12:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 00:12 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 11:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 22:59 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-18 22:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 21:47 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 21:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-17 09:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 20:35 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-16 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-16 07:59 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-16 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-15 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-15 06:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-15 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-14 18:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-14 05:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-14 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-14 04:24 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-14 04:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-13 20:21 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-13 19:47 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-13 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-13 19:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72642?
CVE-2026-72642 is a high vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. The native inference process that Elasticsearch uses to evaluate uploaded machine learning models accepts a model operation that computes a memory address from an offset supplied inside the model, without validating that the offset stays within the bounds of the underlying storage. A user with the…
When was CVE-2026-72642 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72642 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72642 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72642 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 74.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72642?
CVE-2026-72642 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72642?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72642, 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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