CVE-2024-52979

Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2025 at 01:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorElasticsearch

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
v < 7.17.257.17.0 ≤ v < 7.17.258.0.0 ≤ v < 8.16.07.17.08.0.0
Affected range stops below 7.17.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-400

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