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CVE-2024-52981

Published: Apr 8, 2025Updated: Oct 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-400
NVD MITRE
4.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 62.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects could cause a stackoverflow.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
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

ElasticsearchElastic
On-premDatabase
Databases
elasticsearchelastic
On-premDatabase
Databases
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMavenOSS Libraries
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ElasticsearchElastic NV
On-premDatabase
Databases
elasticcommercialUSDatabasesaka elasticsearch co., elastic.co
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
elastic nvcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka elastic

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924
discuss.elastic.co
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52981
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/097fc0654f9305e01402a06c82926bb04ebe5495
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 8, 2025
Last Updated
Oct 2, 2025

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