CVE-2024-52980
Elasticsearch Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.10%
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-52980
To remediate CVE-2024-52980, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8.15.1 or later
- —upgrade to 8.15.1 or later
Is CVE-2024-52980 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 7.17.0, < 8.15.1
- >= 7.17.0, < 8.15.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |