CVE-2024-52980
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Elasticsearch
PublishedApr 8, 2025
First seenApr 8, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption
How to fix
Update
- elastic elasticsearch8.15.1 or later
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grok8.15.1 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| elastic elasticsearch | 7.17.0 ≤ v < 8.15.1 | 8.15.1 |
| org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grokMaven | 7.17.0 ≤ v < 8.15.1 | 8.15.1 |
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