CVE-2026-72656 Affecting ruby3.2-elasticsearch package, versions <9.0.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-RUBY32ELASTICSEARCH-19008745
  • published20 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest ruby3.2-elasticsearch to version 9.0.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby3.2-elasticsearch package and not the ruby3.2-elasticsearch package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the ES|QL query processing of Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user able to submit ES|QL queries could send a specially crafted query whose evaluation allocates an unbounded amount of heap memory, exhausting the available heap on the receiving node and causing the node to become unavailable.