SB2025050126 - Authenticated denial of service in Elasticsearch



SB2025050126 - Authenticated denial of service in Elasticsearch

Published: May 1, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025050126
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52979)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when evaluating search templates with Mustache functions. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.