SB2025120239 - IBM watsonx.data update for Elasticsearch
Published: December 2, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025120239
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52980)
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. A remote user can use the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class to cause the Elasticsearch node to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.