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CVE-2026-72687 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service

🗓️ 13 Aug 2026 19:11:00Reported by elasticType 
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Low-privileged Elasticsearch user triggers fatal out-of-memory via forged opaque identifier allocation. CVE-2026-72687.

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    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "Elasticsearch",
    "vendor": "Elastic",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
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        "version": "8.0.0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "8.19.19"
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        "version": "9.0.0",
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      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "version": "9.5.0"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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