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Elasticsearch Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 8, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 9, 2025

Package

maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 7.17.0, < 8.15.1

Patched versions

8.15.1

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 8, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 8, 2025
Last updated Apr 9, 2025
Reviewed Apr 9, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(13th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-52980

GHSA ID

GHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg

Source code

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