CVE-2024-52972

Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash

Published Jan 23, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability Metrics or Logs features in Kibana.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-46265 An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability Metrics or Logs features in Kibana.
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability Metrics or Logs features in Kibana.
Title Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Jan 23, 2025, 2:46 PM
Reserved
Nov 18, 2024, 2:48 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jan 23, 2025, 7:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:07 AM