CVE-2024-52979 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-52979: Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

Vendor Elastic
Product Elasticsearch
Weakness CWE-400
Published May 1, 2025
Last update May 1, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch while evaluating specifically crafted search templates with Mustache functions can lead to Denial of Service by causing the Elasticsearch node to crash.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 1, 2025 CVE published
May 1, 2025 Record updated