Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability
Priority HIGH 68CWE-121Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.61069 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Elasticsearch (Elastic): 7.17.12, 8.9.0org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 7.17.13, 8.9.1Red Hat: 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | 7.0.0 to before 7.17.12; 8.0.0 to before 8.9.0 | 7.17.12, 8.9.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) | 7.0.0 to before 7.17.13 | 7.17.13 | Patch available | GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7 |
| — | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) | 8.0.0 to before 8.9.1 | 8.9.1 | Patch available | GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7 |
- Elasticsearch VendorElastic Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.17.12; 8.0.0 to before 8.9.0 Fixed in 7.17.12, 8.9.0 Patch available CNA
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.17.13 Fixed in 7.17.13 Patch available GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.9.1 Fixed in 8.9.1 Patch available GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Elasticsearch (Elastic) Fixed in 7.17.12, 8.9.0
- Fix · GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7 org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 7.17.13 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7 org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 8.9.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 1 product
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-31419
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7
References
More Elasticsearch vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-01295 The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-02491 The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2021-05135 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2021-05136 All versions of Elastic Cloud Enterprise has the Elasticsearch “anonymous” user enabled… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-04530 Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-07764 Improper check for unusual conditions in elasticsearch CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-31419 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-31419 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-31419 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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