CVE-2026-102408

Published: Ott 06, 2026 Last Modified: Ott 06, 2026
ExploitDB:
Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
MEDIUM 4,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: low

Description

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Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity (CWE-1333) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Regular Expression Exponential Blowup (CAPEC-492). The ES|QL CHUNK function's recursive chunking strategy accepts a list of user-supplied regular expressions used as text-splitting separators, without validating their computational complexity or bounding their execution time. An authenticated user with read access to any text-based index can submit a specially crafted regular expression that triggers catastrophic backtracking, consuming excessive CPU on Elasticsearch worker threads and degrading query throughput for other tenants on the affected node. The cluster does not crash as a result of this issue.

1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Draft
Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
Likelihood of Exploit: High
View CWE Details
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-8-an…
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-22-9-4-8-and-9-5-5-security-upd…