{"id":"BIT-elasticsearch-2024-52979","summary":"Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2024-52979","GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:47:25.162177522Z","published":"2025-05-03T05:41:02.354Z","database_specific":{"severity":"High","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-25-and-8-16-0-security-update-esa-2024-40/377709"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52979"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elasticsearch","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/elasticsearch"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"7.17.0"},{"fixed":"7.17.25"},{"introduced":"8.0.0"},{"fixed":"8.16.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/elasticsearch/BIT-elasticsearch-2024-52979.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}