Resource exhaustion in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-52979
Published: May 1, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108114
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52979
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Elastic Stack
Affected software:
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-52979
Install updates from vendor's website.