Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user with connector management privileges could cause the cluster to allocate an uncontrolled amount of memory when connector resources with an excessively large `description` field are created and subsequently accessed, exhausting available heap memory and crashing the affected node.
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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user with connector management privileges could cause the cluster to allocate an uncontrolled amount of memory when connector resources with an excessively large `description` field are created and subsequently accessed, exhausting available heap memory and crashing the affected node. | |
| Title | Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-789 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: elastic
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Updated: 2026-10-06T19:53:45.426Z
Reserved: 2026-09-29T20:57:38.467Z
Link: CVE-2026-103005
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