Denial of service in Elasticsearch

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU87905

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

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

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-19-security-update-esa-2024-06/356314
https://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.