7.5

CVE-2024-43709: elastic elasticsearch

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43709GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfmBIT-elasticsearch-2024-43709
Published 21-01-2025Last modified 21-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-43709 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in elastic elasticsearch. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.62%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.62% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.62%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elastic1 product
  • elasticsearch≥ 7.17.0, 8.0.0, < 7.17.21, 8.13.3 | ≥ 7.17.0, < 7.17.21 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.13.3
Org.elasticsearch1 product
  • elasticsearch< 7.17.21 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.13.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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