Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability
Priority LOW 34CWE-400Published · 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-400.
Summary
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch while evaluating specifically crafted search templates with Mustache functions can lead to Denial of Service by causing the Elasticsearch node to crash.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00659 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Elasticsearch (Elastic): 7.17.25, 8.16.0org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 7.17.25, 8.16.0Red Hat: 2 without a fix
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | 7.17.0 to before 7.17.25; 8.0.0 to before 8.16.0 | 7.17.25, 8.16.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) | before 7.17.25 | 7.17.25 | Patch available | GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg |
| — | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) | 8.0.0-alpha1 to before 8.16.0 | 8.16.0 | Patch available | GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg |
- Elasticsearch VendorElastic Affected 7.17.0 to before 7.17.25; 8.0.0 to before 8.16.0 Fixed in 7.17.25, 8.16.0 Patch available CNA
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 7.17.25 Fixed in 7.17.25 Patch available GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0-alpha1 to before 8.16.0 Fixed in 8.16.0 Patch available GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Elasticsearch (Elastic) Fixed in 7.17.25, 8.16.0
- Fix · GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 7.17.25 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 8.16.0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-52979
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg
- 2026-10-18 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Patch 1
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-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
Sources
- CVE-2024-52979 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-52979 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-52979 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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