What is GHSA-vvr8-mhcc-gx9g?

GHSA-vvr8-mhcc-gx9g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to a...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-vvr8-mhcc-gx9g cover?

GHSA-vvr8-mhcc-gx9g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-56143. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-vvr8-mhcc-gx9g?

GHSA-vvr8-mhcc-gx9g has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-vvr8-mhcc-gx9gMediumCVSS 4.9

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to a...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 1, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-56143 →

📋 Description

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 request that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render the affected node unavailable.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56143
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-20-9-3-0-security-update-esa-2026-47/390084
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vvr8-mhcc-gx9g