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CVE-2026-78605

Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') in Elasticsearch Leading to Information Disclosure

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') (CWE-444) in Elasticsearch can lead to information disclosure via HTTP Request Smuggling (CAPEC-33). Under specific proxy deployment configurations, a network attacker could obtain confidential responses intended for other authenticated users.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Elastic Elasticsearch

    From 8.18.0 · through 8.19.19; From 9.0.0 · through 9.4.4

References 1

discuss.elastic.co