CVE-2023-31418

Elasticsearch uncontrolled resource consumption

Published Oct 26, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-2618 An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2cqf-6xv9-f22w Elasticsearch vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 4:50 PM
Reserved
Apr 27, 2023, 6:54 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 26, 2023, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:56 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 26, 2023, 12:00 AM