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CVE-2024-52979— Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

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Affected
Elastic Elasticsearch
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Elastic Elasticsearch是荷兰Elastic公司的一个基于Lucene库的搜索引擎。 Elastic Elasticsearch存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于评估特制搜索模板时未控制资源消耗，可能导致拒绝服务。

CVSS 6.5 · Medium EPSS 0.65% · P49

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1499 · Endpoint Denial of Service
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2024-52979

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
未加控制的资源消耗(资源穷尽)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Elastic Elasticsearch 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Elastic Elasticsearch是荷兰Elastic公司的一个基于Lucene库的搜索引擎。 Elastic Elasticsearch存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于评估特制搜索模板时未控制资源消耗，可能导致拒绝服务。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Elastic Elasticsearch 7.17.0 ~ 7.17.25 -

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Other References for CVE-2024-52979 (1)

Same Patch Batch · Elastic · 2025-05-01 · 6 CVEs total

CVE-2023-46669 6.2 MEDIUM Elastic Agent / Elastic Endpoint Security local API key disclosure
CVE-2024-11994 5.7 MEDIUM APM Server Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CVE-2024-11390 5.4 MEDIUM Kibana Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Can Lead to XSS
CVE-2024-52976 4.4 MEDIUM Elastic Agent Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
CVE-2025-25016 4.3 MEDIUM Kibana Unrestricted Upload of File

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: Elasticsearch
Same vendor: Elastic
Same weakness: CWE-400

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