#VU107230 Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-52981

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#VU107230 Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-52981

Published: April 8, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU107230
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52981
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Elasticsearch
Software vendor:
Elastic Stack

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects. A remote user can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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