CVE-2023-31419: Elasticsearch vulnerable to stack overflow in the search API

October 26, 2023 (updated October 30, 2023)

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.

References

discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-1-7-17-13-security-update/343297
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31419
www.elastic.co/community/security

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