CVE-2026-63140
Reachable Assertion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service
Reachable Assertion (CWE-617) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). A specially crafted search request containing a null value in a specific query clause causes an internal assertion to be raised during query parsing. Because Elasticsearch treats assertion failures as fatal errors, this terminates the affected node process. A low-privileged authenticated user with read access to at least one index can exploit this condition with a single request to cause a node to terminate, disrupting search availability. In a single-node deployment this fully stops Elasticsearch; in a multi-node cluster it reduces cluster capacity for each affected node.
| CWE | CWE-617 |
| Vendor | elastic |
| Product | elasticsearch |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Jul 21, 2026 |
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