CVE-2024-52980

Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

Published Apr 8, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash.

A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read_pipeline Elasticsearch cluster privilege assigned to them.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-10257 A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash. A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read_pipeline Elasticsearch cluster privilege assigned to them.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg Elasticsearch-grok Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash. A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read_pipeline Elasticsearch cluster privilege assigned to them.
Title Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-400
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
Apr 8, 2025, 7:59 PM
Reserved
Nov 18, 2024, 2:48 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 8, 2025, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:07 AM