CVE-2026-56148

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted query that causes excessive resource consumption while the request is processed, which may render the affected node unavailable.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
27.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 4, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Elasticsearch 8.19.17, 9.3.6, 9.4.3 Security Update (ESA-2026-42) - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-17-9-3-6-9-4-3-security-update-esa-2026-42

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56148(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 51× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-17 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-16 00:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-14 22:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-13 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-12 18:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-11 15:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-10 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-09 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-08 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-07 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-06 04:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-05 01:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-03 23:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-02 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-01 19:03 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-07-01 19:03 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56148?
CVE-2026-56148 is a medium vulnerability published on July 1, 2026. Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted query that causes excessive resource consumption while the request is processed, which may render the affected node…
When was CVE-2026-56148 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56148 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 1, 2026, with the most recent update on July 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56148 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56148 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 27.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56148?
CVE-2026-56148 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56148?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56148, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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