Microsoft advisory for CVE-2026-49090
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📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-49090
- EchelonGraph score
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted bulk request that causes sustained high CPU consumption, which can render the affected node unable to process requests.
Published by Elastic, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-49090, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).