CVE-2023-31419 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.1387.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Elastic	Elasticsearch

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7	Elasticsearch vulnerable to stack overflow in the search API

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-1-7-17-13-security-update/343297
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31419
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0010/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31419
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

History

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.	A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published: 2023-10-26T17:06:14.305Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:50:07.612Z

Reserved: 2023-04-27T18:54:56.704Z

Link: CVE-2023-31419

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-26T18:15:08.647

Modified: 2025-02-13T17:16:27.630

Link: CVE-2023-31419

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-10-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-31419 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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