Resource exhaustion in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2024-52973
An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/log_entries/summary. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability-Logs feature in Kibana.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions 7.17.0, 8.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-23-and-8-14-2-security-update-esa-2024-26/3734… (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-52973?
- CVE-2024-52973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-21.
- How severe is CVE-2024-52973?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-52973 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.