CVE-2024-43709

Medium

Description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductElasticsearch
PublishedJan 21, 2025
First seenJan 21, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • elastic elasticsearch7.17.21, 8.13.3 or later
  • org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch7.17.21, 8.13.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
elastic elasticsearch7.17.0 ≤ v < 7.17.21, 8.0.0 ≤ v < 8.13.37.17.21, 8.13.3
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMavenv < 7.17.21, 8.0.0 ≤ v < 8.13.37.17.21, 8.13.3

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