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CVE-2024-43709 Elasticsearch

Affected softwareElasticsearch
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in7.17.21, 8.13.3
WeaknessCWE-770
Published21 Jan 2025
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published a year ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.65% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.1 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H security@elastic.co Secondary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2025 ↗ CPU 2025-Q2 Oracle Communications Applications / Core (Elasticsearch) (6.0)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Communications Applications Core (Elasticsearch) 6.0 6.0

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch 0 7.17.21 unbounded
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch 8.0.0 8.13.3 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd elastic elasticsearch generic ≥ 7.17.0 and < 7.17.21 · ≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.13.3
osv org.elasticsearch elasticsearch generic < 7.17.21 · ≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.13.3

References

URLTags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-21-and-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-25/373442 WEB
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch PACKAGE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250221-0007 WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250221-0007/

Timeline

Published2025-01-21By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.