CVE-2024-52980: Elasticsearch Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function

April 8, 2025 (updated April 9, 2025)

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
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52980

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