High severity · published Jan 21, 2025
CVE-2024-43709
An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL…
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Elasticsearch · Elastic
7.17.0 before 7.17.21; 8.0.0 before 8.13.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43709
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43709
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-21-and-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-25/373442
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250221-0007/
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