Denial of service in Elasticsearch

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU87905

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23450

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing a document in a deeply nested pipeline on an ingest node. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Elasticsearch: 7.0.0 - 8.12.2

External links

http://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-19-security-update-esa-2024-06/356314
http://www.elastic.co/community/security#ESA-2024-06

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.