CVE-2023-31418
High
Description
An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Elasticsearch
PublishedOct 26, 2023
First seenOct 26, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption
How to fix
Update
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch7.17.13, 8.9.0 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| elastic elasticsearch | v ≤ 7.17.12, 8.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.8.2 | — |
| elastic elastic_cloud_enterprise | v ≤ 2.13.3, 3.6.0 | — |
| org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven | v < 7.17.13, 8.0.0 ≤ v < 8.9.0 | 7.17.13, 8.9.0 |
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