CVE-2026-63140 Affecting ruby3.3-elasticsearch package, versions <9.5.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-RUBY33ELASTICSEARCH-18553576
  • published6 Aug 2026
  • disclosed21 Jul 2026

Introduced: 21 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-63140  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi ruby3.3-elasticsearch to version 9.5.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby3.3-elasticsearch package and not the ruby3.3-elasticsearch package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi 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.