CVE-2026-72678

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-13. 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
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Elasticsearch does not validate a size value taken from a user-supplied input before that value is used to reserve memory for an internal data structure. An authenticated user holding only read privileges can submit a single small crafted request to a product API endpoint that causes the node to attempt an excessively large allocation. The resulting memory exhaustion raises a fatal error that terminates the Elasticsearch node process, causing a denial of service for the affected node and degrading cluster health. The defect is not volumetric, so a single request is sufficient regardless of the heap size configured on the target node.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: 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
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
22%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 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-2026-80) - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-20-9-4-5-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-80/389507

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72678(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 22× in last 7d / 27× 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. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 17:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 18:27 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-19 18:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-18 18:26 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 18:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-17 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-17 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-16 19:08 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-16 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-15 19:53 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-15 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-14 20:38 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-14 20:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-13 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-13 20:57 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-13 20:22 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-13 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-13 19:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72678?
CVE-2026-72678 is a medium vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. Elasticsearch does not validate a size value taken from a user-supplied input before that value is used to reserve memory for an internal data structure. An authenticated user holding only read privileges can submit a single small crafted request to a product API endpoint that causes the node to…
When was CVE-2026-72678 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72678 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72678 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72678 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 78.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72678?
CVE-2026-72678 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72678?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72678, 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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