CVE-2024-52980: Elasticsearch Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function
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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.
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-34/376919
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg
- github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
- github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/4e5c6801f4d60f100f122072f6bf35b21fd722a5
- github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/a02dc7165c75f12701f8d47a2bdefe5283735267
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52980
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