CVE-2024-23450

Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

Description

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where processing a document in a deeply nested pipeline on an ingest node could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash.

Category

4.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.63%
Vendor Advisory elastic.co Vendor Advisory elastic.co
Affected: Elastic Elasticsearch
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-19-security-update-esa-2024-06/356314 vendor advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0010/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-23450?
CVE-2024-23450 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-23450?
To fix CVE-2024-23450, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2024-23450 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-23450 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-23450?
CVE-2024-23450 affects Elastic Elasticsearch.
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