CVE-2024-37280
Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.9
Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
- Record
CVE-2024-37280- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-1914
4.9
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
- Record
EUVD-2024-1914- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4q22-422g-m4pj
4.9
Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
- Record
GHSA-4q22-422g-m4pj- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.9
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
- Record
CVE-2024-37280- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.9
Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
- Record
CVE-2024-37280- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-4q22-422g-m4pj
4.9
Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
- Record
GHSA-4q22-422g-m4pj- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-37280
4.9
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-37280- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-elasticsearch-2024-37280 No score
Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
- Record
BIT-elasticsearch-2024-37280- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven |
8.13.1 up to 8.14.0 | 8.14.0 |
elasticsearchBitnami |
8.13.1 up to 8.14.0 | 8.14.0 |
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven |
8.13.1 up to 8.14.0, plus listed versions 8.13.28.13.38.13.4 |
8.14.0 |
elasticsearchUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.6.2+dfsg-11.7.3+dfsg-11.7.3+dfsg-21.7.3+dfsg-3 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-37280 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Elastic Elasticsearch, published June 13, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 49th percentile. Fixed in org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch 8.14.0.
References
discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0003
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37280
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4q22-422g-m4pj
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/37xxx/CVE-2024-37280.json
github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-37280
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37280