๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-72642

HIGH 8.8

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in the Elasticsearch Machine Learning Native Inference Process

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The native inference process that Elasticsearch uses to evaluate uploaded machine learning models accepts a model operation that computes a memory address from an offset supplied inside the model, without validating that the offset stays within the bounds of the underlying storage. A user with the privileges required to upload and deploy a trained model can craft a model that reads and writes memory outside the intended allocation. The result is heap corruption that crashes the inference process, and, with sufficient control over the heap layout, could allow arbitrary code execution in the context of that process.

CWE CWE-823
Vendor elastic
Product elasticsearch
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Aug 13, 2026
Last Updated Aug 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Elastic / Elasticsearch
8.19.0 โ‰ค 8.19.19 9.4.0 โ‰ค 9.4.4 9.5.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
discuss.elastic.co: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-20-9-4-5-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-123/389504