CVE-2024-52980 | Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash. A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read_pipeline Elasticsearch cluster privilege assigned to them.

Published: 2025-04-08 Last update: 2025-09-30 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-52980 is rated Low Risk (34.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-52980

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-17 0.27% 0.09% -0.18%
2 2026-03-04 0.15% 0.27% +0.11%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-52980

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-52980

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-52980

GHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Elasticsearch Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-52980

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-52980 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (elasticsearch), 8 status rows across 8 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-52980

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-52980

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elastic elasticsearch >= 7.17.0, < 8.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-52980

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