CVE-2024-52981
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects could cause a stackoverflow.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.9–7.5
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affected products (14)
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- Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch8.0.0-alpha1 → 8.15.1osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch
advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-0742Elasticsearch: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-04-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Elasticsearch ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-5xm9-x7x4-4j5xElasticsearch Vulnerable to Stack Overflow due to a Large Recursion2025-04-08ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects could cause a stackoverflow.
- BIT-elasticsearch-2024-529812025-04-10vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects could cause a stackoverflow.
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references (6)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-52981cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52981cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Elasticsearch-overload-via-Well-KnownText-46822cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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