Elasticsearch uncontrolled resource consumption (Elastic Elasticsearch)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 2.05 % · percentile 81 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- elastic
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | elastic |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security@elastic.co (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-2cqf-6xv9-f22w — Elasticsearch vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-2618
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-31418
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0776 — Vulnérabilité dans Elasticsearch · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 7.17.12cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.0.0 ≤ 8.8.2cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 2.13.3cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_enterprise:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Elastic · Elasticsearch | affected 7.17.12 ; affected 8.0.0 < 8.8.2 ; affected 2.13.3 < 3.6.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |