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TI-2024-35452 Aliases CVE-2024-52972GHSA-28hq-v755-x5ph

Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash

Priority LOW 29CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability Metrics or Logs features in Kibana.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00398 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Kibana (Elastic): 8.15.0, 7.17.23

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
ElasticKibana8.0.0 to before 8.15.0; 7.0.0 to before 7.17.238.15.0, 7.17.23Patch availableCNA
  • Kibana VendorElastic Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.15.0; 7.0.0 to before 7.17.23 Fixed in 8.15.0, 7.17.23 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 7.17.23; 8.0.0 to before 8.15.0VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.17.23; 8.0.0 to before 8.15.0 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Kibana (Elastic) Fixed in 8.15.0, 7.17.23

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Elastic Kibana 7.17.23, 8.15.0

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2024-29309 Resource allocation without limits in Elastic KibanaPriority LOW 31
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-52972
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-28hq-v755-x5ph

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2018-12328 Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-18692 Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-05660 Code injection in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-24803 Deserialization of untrusted data in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2024-24800 Kibana arbitrary code execution via YAML deserialization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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Sources

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