CVE-2026-63140 Affecting elasticsearch-8 package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published21 Aug 2026
- disclosed21 Jul 2026
Introduced: 21 Jul 2026
CVE-2026-63140 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Minimos:latest elasticsearch-8.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elasticsearch-8 package and not the elasticsearch-8 package as distributed by Minimos.
See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
Reachable Assertion (CWE-617) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). A specially crafted search request containing a null value in a specific query clause causes an internal assertion to be raised during query parsing. Because Elasticsearch treats assertion failures as fatal errors, this terminates the affected node process. A low-privileged authenticated user with read access to at least one index can exploit this condition with a single request to cause a node to terminate, disrupting search availability. In a single-node deployment this fully stops Elasticsearch; in a multi-node cluster it reduces cluster capacity for each affected node.