Resource exhaustion in Elastic Elasticsearch
CVE-2024-23450
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where processing a document in a deeply nested pipeline on an ingest node could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Elasticsearch — versions 7.0.0, 8.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-19-security-update-esa-2024-06/3… (Vendor Advisory)
- www.elastic.co/community/security (Vendor Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0010/ (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-23450?
- CVE-2024-23450 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-03-27.
- How severe is CVE-2024-23450?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-23450 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.