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TI-2024-29310 Aliases CVE-2024-43709GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm

Elasticsearch allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash

Priority LOW 34CWE-770Published · 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
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00646 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Elasticsearch (Elastic): 7.17.21, 8.13.3org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 7.17.21, 8.13.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticElasticsearch7.17.0, 8.0.0 to before 7.17.21, 8.13.37.17.21, 8.13.3Patch availableCNA
—org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)before 7.17.217.17.21Patch availableGHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm
—org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)8.0.0 to before 8.13.38.13.3Patch availableGHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm
  • Elasticsearch VendorElastic Affected 7.17.0, 8.0.0 to before 7.17.21, 8.13.3 Fixed in 7.17.21, 8.13.3 Patch available CNA
  • org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 7.17.21 Fixed in 7.17.21 Patch available GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm
  • org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.13.3 Fixed in 8.13.3 Patch available GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.17.0 to before 7.17.21; 8.0.0 to before 8.13.3VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.17.0 to before 7.17.21; 8.0.0 to before 8.13.3 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Elasticsearch (Elastic) Fixed in 7.17.21, 8.13.3
  • Fix · GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 7.17.21 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 8.13.3 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products
  • Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
  • Red Hat Quay 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-43709
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm
  3. 2026-10-28 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • 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-2023-15037 Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • 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
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Sources

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