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MEDIUM
CVE-2024-37280
Elasticsearch Passthrough Field Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, 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. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.

INFO

Published Date :

June 13, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:23 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-37280 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Elastic elasticsearch
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-37280.

URL Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007 Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007 Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0003/

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0003/
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007 No Types Assigned https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.13.1 up to (excluding) 8.14.0
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, 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. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
    Added Reference Elastic https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Elastic CWE-122
    Added CVSS V3.1 Elastic AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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