Is CVE-2026-56148 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-56148 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-56148?

CVE-2026-56148 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2026-56148?

No published fix for CVE-2026-56148 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-56148

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-674

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS data unavailable for this CVE.

References

Other references1

discuss.elastic.co

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-07-01.