CVE-2024-52980

MEDIUM EPSS 37.0%
Published Apr 8, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
37.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
elasticelasticsearch*≥7.17.0  –  <8.15.1

References 1

  • discuss.elastic.co https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-34/376919
    Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

Remediation

  • discuss.elastic.co https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-34/376919
    Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory