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CVE-2023-31418

Elasticsearch uncontrolled resource consumption

Published: Oct 26, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-400
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 34.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
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Description

An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

ElasticsearchElasticDatabases
ElasticsearchElastic NV
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
Elastic Cloud EnterpriseElastic NV
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
elasticsearchelasticDatabases
elastic cloud enterpriseelasticDatabases
elasticcommercialUSDatabasesaka elasticsearch co., elastic.co
elastic nvcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka elastic
and 1 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Impact
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References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-0-7-17-13-security-update/343616
discuss.elastic.co
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
elastic.co
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0005/
security.netapp.com
and 5 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Oct 26, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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