CVE-2024-52980 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 8
Description
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash.
A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read_pipeline Elasticsearch cluster privilege assigned to them.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages2 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
CVE-2024-52980: A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause↗2025-04-08
OSV▶
Elasticsearch Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function↗2025-04-08
GHSA▶
Elasticsearch Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function↗2025-04-08