CVE-2024-52981Network attack vector

Node crash via unbounded WKT geometry recursion

Published Apr 8, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2025

Stack exhaustion in Elastic Elasticsearch 7.17.0 through 7.17.23 and 8.0 through 8.15.0 allows remote authenticated users to crash a node. WellKnownText.parseGeometry recursively parses nested GeometryCollection input without enforcing a maximum depth, eventually overflowing the Java stack. Reaching the parser requires high cluster privileges; successful exploitation interrupts the affected node without reported data disclosure or modification.

CVSS severity4.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.57%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Stack exhaustion in Elastic Elasticsearch 7.17.0 through 7.17.23 and 8.0 through 8.15.0 allows remote authenticated users to crash a node. WellKnownText.parseGeometry recursively parses nested GeometryCollection input without enforcing a maximum depth, eventually overflowing the Java stack. Reaching the parser requires high cluster privileges; successful exploitation interrupts the affected node without reported data disclosure or modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-52981
Published
Apr 8, 2025
Updated
Apr 8, 2025
Vendor
Elastic
Product
Elasticsearch
Classifications
CWE-400, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.17.0 <=7.17.23
  2. Affected versionversion=8.0 <=8.15.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Elastic · Elasticsearchversion=7.17.0 <=7.17.23; version=8.0 <=8.15.0

Published CVSS scores

7.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.9ElasticCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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