<Vulnerability name="CVE-2026-102409">
    <DocumentDistribution xml:lang="en">Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.</DocumentDistribution>
    <ThreatSeverity>Moderate</ThreatSeverity>
    <PublicDate>2026-10-06T19:31:40</PublicDate>
    <Bugzilla id="2547105" url="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2547105" xml:lang="en:us">
elasticsearch: Elasticsearch: Denial of Service via uncontrolled recursion
    </Bugzilla>
    <CVSS3 status="draft">
        <CVSS3BaseScore>6.5</CVSS3BaseScore>
        <CVSS3ScoringVector>CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</CVSS3ScoringVector>
    </CVSS3>
    <CWE>CWE-770</CWE>
    <Details xml:lang="en:us" source="Mitre">
Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with low privileges to terminate an Elasticsearch node, resulting in denial of service, via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).
    </Details>
    <Details xml:lang="en:us" source="Red Hat">
A flaw was found in Elasticsearch. An authenticated user with low privileges can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by triggering excessive resource allocation through uncontrolled recursive operations. This issue causes the affected Elasticsearch node to terminate unexpectedly, disrupting service availability.
    </Details>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai">
        <ProductName>Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Quay 3</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>quay/quay-rhel8</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Quay 3</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>quay/quay-rhel9</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <References xml:lang="en:us">
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102409
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102409
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-9-4-8-9-5-5-security-update-esa-2026-190/390863
    </References>
</Vulnerability>