CVE-2024-52979

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.65% (51st) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security@elastic.coexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USCWE-400US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Elasticsearch <7.17.25all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch <8.16.0all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 7.17.25cert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 8.16.0cert_bundDE
Elastic Elasticsearch7.17.0 → 7.17.25enisa_euvdEU
Elastic Elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.16.0enisa_euvdEU
elastic elasticsearch< 7.17.25nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.16.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami elasticsearch7.17.0 → 7.17.25osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Bitnami elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.16.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch< 7.17.25osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch8.0.0-alpha1 → 8.16.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-0923Elasticsearch: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-05-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Elasticsearch ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-mm3m-5497-xgggElasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability2025-05-01ghsa · osvUS
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.
BIT-elasticsearch-2024-52979Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability2025-05-03vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-05-01modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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