Vulnerability · Published Apr 8, 2025 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2024-52981
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Elasticsearch from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects could cause a stackoverflow.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | 7.17.24 | GHSA-5xm9-x7x4-4j5x |
| Maven | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | 8.15.1 | GHSA-5xm9-x7x4-4j5x |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | 7.17.0 – through 7.17.238.0 – through 8.15.0 |
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H