#VU91270 Uncaught exception in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-37280

Vulnerability identifier: #VU91270

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37280

CWE-ID: CWE-248

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Elasticsearch
Web applications / Other software

Vendor: Elastic Stack

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an uncaught exception affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a denial of service.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Elasticsearch: 8.13.1 - 8.13.4

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External links
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.