Elasticsearch 8.17
Elasticsearch 8.17
The Elasticsearch 8.17 reached end of service life on Aug 12, 2025 — Elasticsearch no longer ships security patches or fixes for it. Our third-party support keeps it safe to run: 24/7 engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance.
24/7 engineers own your Elasticsearch 8.17 incidents end to end.
Mitigation and patch-around guidance when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Controls evidence and documentation that keep auditors satisfied.
Specifications
- product
- elasticsearch
- release
- 8.17
- product Label
- Elasticsearch
- release Label
- 8.17
- codename
- lts
- latest Version
- 8.17.10
- release Date
- 2024-12-12
- maintained
- source Url
- https://endoflife.date/elasticsearch
Lifecycle Dates
- End of Service Life
- Aug 12, 2025
- Last OEM Support
- Aug 12, 2025
OEM vs. 3rd Party Support
See how third-party support compares to the vendor contract for Elasticsearch 8.17 — monitoring, break/fix, vulnerability work, operations and compliance, before and after EOSL.
| Feature | OEM Support | 3rd Party Support |
|---|---|---|
| Post-EOSL Support | ||
| Break/Fix Support | Until EOSL | |
| 24/7 Monitoring | ||
| Vulnerability Scanning & Remediation | ||
| Managed Operations | ||
| Procedure & Configuration Review | ||
| Compliance & Audit Documentation | Limited | |
| Discounted Migration to Other Platforms |
Why Choose 3rd Party Support for Elasticsearch 8.17?
Vulnerability Remediation
Scanning, mitigation and patch-around guidance for Elasticsearch 8.17 when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Compliance Maintenance
Procedure review, controls evidence and the documentation auditors ask for — maintained continuously, not scrambled at audit time.
24/7 Expert Support
Engineers who know this release monitor, manage and fix issues around the clock — break/fix to managed operations.
Elasticsearch 8.17 Support: Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Elasticsearch 8.17 still supported?
Elasticsearch ended support for the Elasticsearch 8.17 on Aug 12, 2025 — no more patches or fixes from the vendor. Third-party support keeps it covered: our engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance for as long as you run it.
When is the Elasticsearch 8.17 end of service life (EOSL) date?
Elasticsearch lists the end of service life for the Elasticsearch 8.17 as Aug 12, 2025.
Can I keep using the Elasticsearch 8.17 after its EOSL date?
Yes. EOSL means Elasticsearch stops issuing patches and support — the software itself keeps running. Third-party support covers it from there: issue management, security vulnerability remediation, and the compliance documentation auditors ask for, for as long as you choose to run it.
How much does third-party support for the Elasticsearch 8.17 cost?
Typically 40-70% below the OEM maintenance renewal price. Exact pricing depends on quantity, service level and location — request a quote and we respond within 24 hours.
Known Vulnerabilities Affecting Elasticsearch 8.17
11 published CVEs affect the Elasticsearch 8.17. Elasticsearch no longer ships security patches for this release — our engineers provide mitigation guidance, workarounds and hardening support.
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-37731 | MEDIUM | 6.8 | Dec 15, 2025 | Improper Authentication in Elasticsearch PKI realm can lead to user impersonation via specially crafted client certificates. A malicious actor would need to have such a crafted client certificate signed by a legitimate, trusted Certificate Authority. |
| CVE-2026-63263 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Jul 22, 2026 | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Exponential Data Expansion (CAPEC-197). An authenticated user may submit a specially crafted query to the ES|QL engine that causes exponential CPU consumption during query evaluation. Because the resource exhaustion persists beyond query completion, repeated requests can fully exhaust the available query worker resources, rendering ES|QL queries unavailable until the node is restarted. |
| CVE-2026-63140 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Jul 21, 2026 | 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 |
| CVE-2026-63136 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Jul 21, 2026 | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A user with search privileges can submit a specially crafted search request that causes a data node to exhaust available heap memory, resulting in node unavailability and cluster degradation. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause cluster downtime requiring manual intervention to restore service. |
| CVE-2026-56145 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Jul 21, 2026 | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A low-privileged authenticated user with permission to execute EQL sequence queries against an index they control can send a specially crafted query that triggers excessive memory consumption, causing the Elasticsearch node to crash. |
| CVE-2026-56148 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Jul 1, 2026 | 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. |
| CVE-2025-68384 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Dec 18, 2025 | Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow a low-privileged authenticated user to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) causing a persistent denial of service (OOM crash) via submission of oversized user settings data. |
| CVE-2025-37727 | MEDIUM | 5.7 | Oct 10, 2025 | Insertion of sensitive information in log file in Elasticsearch can lead to loss of confidentiality under specific preconditions when auditing requests to the reindex API https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-reindex |
| CVE-2026-56144 | MEDIUM | 5.3 | Jul 21, 2026 | 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 and return their output, potentially disclosing data processed or enriched by those pipelines. Additionally, the same feature can be used to retrieve index mapping meta |
| CVE-2026-56149 | MEDIUM | 4.9 | Jul 1, 2026 | Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). A user with elevated privileges can submit a specially crafted machine learning request that causes excessive memory consumption, which may render the affected node unavailable. |
| CVE-2025-68390 | MEDIUM | 4.9 | Dec 18, 2025 | Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request. |