Resource exhaustion in Elastic Elasticsearch
CVE-2024-52980
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.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
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: 0.005 (43.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Elasticsearch — versions 7.17.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-34/376919 (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-52980?
- CVE-2024-52980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-04-08.
- How severe is CVE-2024-52980?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-52980 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.