What is CVE-2024-43709?

CVE-2024-43709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-43709?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-43709 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Elastic Elasticsearch

CVE-2024-43709

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.

EPSS: 0.009 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Elastic Elasticsearch — versions 7.17.0, 8.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-21-and-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43709?: CVE-2024-43709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-43709?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-43709 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.