CVE details
CVE-2024-52979
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.
- Score
- 6.5 medium
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- Links
- NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data
Matched ports (2)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| textproc/py-elasticsearch6 | py312-elasticsearch6 | 6.8.2_2 | unaddressed | sunpoet@FreeBSD.org |
| textproc/py-elasticsearch7 | py312-elasticsearch7 | 7.17.13 | unaddressed | sunpoet@FreeBSD.org |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>py312-elasticsearch6</name>
<range><lt>7.17.25</lt></range>
</package>
<package>
<name>py312-elasticsearch7</name>
<range><lt>7.17.25</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>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.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2024-52979</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52979</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2025-05-01</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-26</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>