What is GHSA-2qv5-xh6q-23wv?

GHSA-2qv5-xh6q-23wv is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Serialized...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-2qv5-xh6q-23wv cover?

GHSA-2qv5-xh6q-23wv covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-72647. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-2qv5-xh6q-23wv?

GHSA-2qv5-xh6q-23wv has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-2qv5-xh6q-23wvMediumCVSS 6.5

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Serialized...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-72647 →

📋 Description

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Serialized Data with Nested Payloads (CAPEC-230). An authenticated user holding only read privileges on a single index can submit one specially crafted search request whose deeply nested structure is processed without a depth limit, exhausting the thread stack and terminating the affected node.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72647
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-20-9-4-5-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-118/389497
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2qv5-xh6q-23wv