CVE-2024-52972

MEDIUM
2025-01-23 [email protected]
6.5
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:05 vuln.today
Patch Released
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:05 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Jan 23, 2025 - 07:15 nvd
MEDIUM 6.5

Tags

Elastic Denial Of Service Kibana

Description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability Metrics or Logs features in Kibana.

Analysis

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Technical Context

This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits (CWE-770), which allows attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability Metrics or Logs features in Kibana. Affected products include: Elastic Kibana.

Affected Products

Elastic Kibana.

Remediation

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Set resource limits, implement rate limiting, validate input sizes.

Priority Score

33
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +0.2
CVSS: +32
POC: 0

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