# CVE-2026-56143: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

> Privileged users can cause denial of service in Elasticsearch by submitting crafted requests that trigger excessive memory consumption.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-98448, BIT-elasticsearch-2026-56143, CLEANSTART-2026-HK32030, CLEANSTART-2026-UK62622, GHSA-vvr8-mhcc-gx9g, MINI-2m8v-pmvg-92wg, MINI-2q3v-w6r8-59r9, MINI-39m2-j6gr-3w6c, MINI-5h99-f9v2-6c7f, MINI-5pp7-56w3-9xjq, MINI-68rj-6fr7-jwcm, MINI-6cv7-r3qx-cv5w, MINI-fxp2-2hgc-mwhh, MINI-hf5f-pgmg-4qjh, MINI-j29m-h2r4-5q4j, MINI-j6mr-mxxw-xjc2, MINI-jv8h-vw8v-p4rm, MINI-mp8w-r454-p3x8, MINI-qv2r-ph6j-rv9p, MINI-rx9c-mpqh-95wg, MINI-vx2g-qjj8-fff7, MINI-wq42-3fph-cx3f, MINI-wqq9-gh3q-qcrf

## What is CVE-2026-56143?

CVE-2026-56143 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, published on 1 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-56143?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including elasticsearch. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `elasticsearch` | Bitnami | From 8.0.0 | 8.19.20, 9.3.0 |

Products: Elastic Elasticsearch.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-56143?

Upgrade elasticsearch to a fixed version for your release line: 8.19.20 or 9.3.0.

## Is CVE-2026-56143 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-56143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Elasticsearch

- [CVE-2015-1427](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1427/): Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-3120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3120/): Elasticsearch Remote Code Execution (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-5377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5377/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-72649](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72649/): Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Elasticsearch Leading to Remote Code Execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-72642](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72642/): Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in the Elasticsearch Machine Learning Native Inference Process (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-56143 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-56143 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, published on 1 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-56143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- elasticsearch (Bitnami): affected from 8.0.0; fixed in 8.19.20, 9.3.0

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56143/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56143/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56143
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56143
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56143

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56143/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.