Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 21, 2025· Updated Feb 21, 2025

Elasticsearch allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash

CVE-2024-43709

Description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven	< 7.17.21	7.17.21
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven	>= 8.0.0, < 8.13.3	8.13.3

Affected products

Elastic/Elasticsearchv5
Range: 7.17.0, 8.0.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfmghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43709ghsaADVISORY
discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-21-and-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-25/373442ghsaWEB
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250221-0007ghsaWEB

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