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CVE-2023-31418

Elasticsearch uncontrolled resource consumption

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.

Se identificó un problema con la forma en que Elasticsearch manejó las solicitudes entrantes en la capa HTTP. Un usuario no autenticado podría forzar la salida de un nodo de Elasticsearch con un error OutOfMemory enviando una cantidad moderada de solicitudes HTTP con formato incorrecto. El problema fue identificado por Elastic Engineering y no tenemos indicios de que se conozca o de que esté siendo explotado en la naturaleza.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-04-27 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-10-26 CVE Published
  • 2023-12-01 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Elastic
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Elasticsearch
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<= 7.17.12
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-
Affected
Elastic
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Elasticsearch
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>= 8.0.0 <= 8.8.2
Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elasticsearch" and version " >= 8.0.0 <= 8.8.2"
-
Affected
Elastic
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Elastic Cloud Enterprise
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<= 2.13.3
Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elastic Cloud Enterprise" and version " <= 2.13.3"
-
Affected
Elastic
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Elastic Cloud Enterprise
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3.6.0
Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elastic Cloud Enterprise" and version "3.6.0"
-
Affected