CVE-2024-52980 json
Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability
published last yr. modified last mo. also BIT-elasticsearch-2024-52980 , EUVD-2025-10257 , GHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grok 8.15.1
- bitnami elasticsearch 8.15.1
- elastic elasticsearch 8.15.1
- elasticsearch elasticsearch 8.15.1
- org.elasticsearch elasticsearch 8.15.1
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| OSV | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grok | >=7.17.0, <8.15.1 |
8.15.1 |
| bitnami | elasticsearch | >=7.17.0, <8.15.1 |
8.15.1 |
Affected products
- Elastic Elasticsearch
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
discuss.elastic.co
/t/elasticsearch-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-34/376919
web, issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory, advisory
-
github.com
/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/4e5c6801f4d60f100f122072f6bf35b21fd722a5
web
-
github.com
/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/a02dc7165c75f12701f8d47a2bdefe5283735267
web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52980
advisory, web
-
github.com
/elastic/elasticsearch
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-52980
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg
- NVD CVE-2024-52980
- OSV BIT-elasticsearch-2024-52980
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