CVE-2024-52974
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could...
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could cause the kibana server to crash.
A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read permissions for Observability assigned to them.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could cause the kibana server to crash.
A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read permissions for Observability assigned to them.
- Record
CVE-2024-52974- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10273
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could cause the kibana server to crash.
A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read permissions for Observability assigned to them.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10273- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-95rc-q9jr-6jhg
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could...
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could cause the kibana server to crash.
A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read permissions for Observability assigned to them.
- Record
GHSA-95rc-q9jr-6jhg- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could cause the kibana server to crash.
A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read permissions for Observability assigned to them.
- Record
CVE-2024-52974- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could cause the kibana server to crash.
A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read permissions for Observability assigned to them.
- Record
CVE-2024-52974- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-elk-2024-52974 No score
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could cause the kibana server to crash.
A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read permissions for Observability assigned to them.
- Record
BIT-elk-2024-52974- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-kibana-2024-52974 No score
An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could cause the kibana server to crash.
A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read permissions for Observability assigned to them.
- Record
BIT-kibana-2024-52974- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-52974 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Elastic Kibana, published April 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 36th percentile. Fixed in elk 7.17.23.