CVE-2026-102411
MEDIUM 6.5Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). Elasticsearch enforces a size limit on the user-supplied metadata field for each individual template resource, but does not limit the total memory used when multiple such resources are retrieved together. A user holding the *manage_index_templates* cluster privilege can register multiple resources each within the individual limit. Retrieving them together materializes all of their metadata values in memory at once, exhausting available heap and causing the affected node to fail with an out-of-memory error, resulting in a denial of service.
No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.
Exploitation likelihood
0.3%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 24th percentile
Impact if exploited
6.5CVSS 3.1 · MEDIUM
- ConfidentialityNone
- IntegrityNone
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References and research data (JSON)
Vendor product assessments
rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) · known affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
pkg:oci/odh-feature-server-rhel9?repository_url=registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability. The upstream Elastic advisory states that there are no workarounds for this vulnerability and that the issue is resolved in Elasticsearch 9.4.7, 9.5.3, and 8.19.23; Elastic recommends upgrading to the most recent release available.
- none available: Fix deferred
quay/quay-rhel8 as a component of Red Hat Quay 3 · known not affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:oci/quay-rhel8?repository_url=registry.redhat.io/quay/quay-rhel8
Red Hat · CVE-2026-102411 · Updated 2026-10-21T16:10:32+00:00quay/quay-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat Quay 3 · known not affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:oci/quay-rhel9?repository_url=registry.redhat.io/quay/quay-rhel9
Red Hat · CVE-2026-102411 · Updated 2026-10-21T16:10:32+00:00
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | ≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.19.23 |
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | ≥ 9.0.0 and < 9.4.7 |
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | ≥ 9.5.0 and < 9.5.3 |
All CVSS metrics
- MEDIUM 6.5 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - MEDIUM 6.5 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Advisories
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-9-4-7-9-5-3-8-19-23-security-update-esa-2026-192/390865 CVE record · elastic · Updated 2026-10-06T19:31:43.529Z
NVD · CVE-2026-102411 · Updated 2026-10-09T15:49:36.110
Red Hat · CVE-2026-102411 · Updated 2026-10-21T16:10:32+00:00 - https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-102411.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-102411 · Updated 2026-10-21T16:10:32+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-93932 EUVD · EUVD-2026-93932
Technical & other
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102411 Red Hat · CVE-2026-102411 · Updated 2026-10-21T16:10:32+00:00
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2547102 Red Hat · CVE-2026-102411 · Updated 2026-10-21T16:10:32+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102411 Red Hat · CVE-2026-102411 · Updated 2026-10-21T16:10:32+00:00
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102411 Red Hat · CVE-2026-102411 · Updated 2026-10-21T16:10:32+00:00