Elasticsearch CVE-2024-52980
MEDIUMCVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
3Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 19 maven packages depend on org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (12 direct, 7 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 7.17.0.
DescriptionNVD
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.
AnalysisAI
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. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. 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. Affected products include: Elastic Elasticsearch.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.
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