What is GHSA-j6j2-p5xw-w2j8?

GHSA-j6j2-p5xw-w2j8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-j6j2-p5xw-w2j8 cover?

GHSA-j6j2-p5xw-w2j8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-56148. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-j6j2-p5xw-w2j8?

GHSA-j6j2-p5xw-w2j8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-j6j2-p5xw-w2j8MediumCVSS 6.5

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-56148 →

📋 Description

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted query that causes excessive resource consumption while the request is processed, which may render the affected node unavailable.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56148
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-17-9-3-6-9-4-3-security-update-esa-2026-42
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6j2-p5xw-w2j8