6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-52973
"Kibana Observability-Logs Denial of Service Vulnerability"
Description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/log_entries/summary. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability-Logs feature in Kibana.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 21, 2025, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 21, 2025, 11:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-52973 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 kibana
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-23-and-8-14-2-security-update-esa-2024-26/373443

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-52973 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/log_entries/summary. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability-Logs feature in Kibana.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-770
    Added Reference https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-23-and-8-14-2-security-update-esa-2024-26/373443
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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