Is CVE-2024-52979 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-52979 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-52979?

CVE-2024-52979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-52979?

CVE-2024-52979 has an EPSS score of 0.52% (41th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-52979?

Upgrade Elasticsearch to 8.16.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-52979

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch while evaluating specifically crafted search templates with Mustache functions can lead to Denial of Service by causing the Elasticsearch node to crash.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

ElasticsearchWindows application

Affected:8.0.0 8.16.0Fixed in:8.16.0Elastic

Affected:7.17.25Fixed in:7.17.25Elastic

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

41stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

discuss.elastic.co

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-400 (Resource Exhaustion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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