Elasticsearch allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash

HIGH 7.5CVE-2024-43709 · BIT-elasticsearch-2024-43709 · GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm · Published 21/01/2025 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2024-43709 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch, elasticsearch (elastic).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.65%, higher than 51.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 8.13.3, 7.17.21 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch Maven	`≥ 8.0.0, < 8.13.3< 7.17.21`	`8.13.37.17.21`
elasticsearch elastic	`≥ 7.17.0, < 7.17.21≥ 8.0.0, < 8.13.3`	`7.17.218.13.3`

Description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function.

NVD description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function.

References

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

Maven

≥ 8.0.0, < 8.13.3< 7.17.21

8.13.37.17.21

elasticsearch

elastic

≥ 7.17.0, < 7.17.21≥ 8.0.0, < 8.13.3

7.17.218.13.3

Description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function.

NVD description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function.

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