Description
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash.

A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read_pipeline Elasticsearch cluster privilege assigned to them.
Published: 2025-04-08
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-10257 A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash. A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read_pipeline Elasticsearch cluster privilege assigned to them.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg Elasticsearch Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function
History

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash. A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read_pipeline Elasticsearch cluster privilege assigned to them.
Title Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Elastic Elasticsearch
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-08T19:59:43.764Z

Reserved: 2024-11-18T14:48:22.454Z

Link: CVE-2024-52980

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-08T19:59:37.882Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-04-08T17:15:34.880

Modified: 2025-09-30T21:35:59.087

Link: CVE-2024-52980

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:14:57Z

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