What is GHSA-xww7-7gcc-rp5w?

GHSA-xww7-7gcc-rp5w is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-xww7-7gcc-rp5w cover?

GHSA-xww7-7gcc-rp5w covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-49090. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-xww7-7gcc-rp5w?

GHSA-xww7-7gcc-rp5w has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-xww7-7gcc-rp5wMediumCVSS 6.5

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-49090 →

📋 Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted bulk request that causes sustained high CPU consumption, which can render the affected node unable to process requests.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49090
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-8-15-0-security-update-esa-2026-52
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xww7-7gcc-rp5w