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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-56144 (MEDIUM 5.3) — Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with limited index privileges to exploit insufficient authorization controls in the ingest simulation feature. By targeting indices they are not authorized to access directly, the user can cause th

[NVD] CVE-2026-56144 (MEDIUM 5.3) — Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with limited index privileges to exploit insufficient authorization controls in the ingest simulation feature. By targeting indices they are not authorized to access directly, the user can cause th

mednvdPublished 2026-07-21

CVE-2026-56144 CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM Published: 2026-07-21T20:17:02.377

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with limited index privileges to exploit insufficient authorization controls in the ingest simulation feature. By targeting indices they are not authorized to access directly, the user can cause those indices' configured ingest pipelines to execute

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CVE-2026-56144cve

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56144