CVE-2024-52980

Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

6.5 MediumFix available

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.

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

0.56%Up 0.5 points since Apr 9, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

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.

Record: CVE-2024-52980
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS: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-2025-10257 6.5

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.

Record: EUVD-2025-10257
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg 6.5

Elasticsearch-grok Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function

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.

Record: GHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS: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 6.5

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.

Record: CVE-2024-52980
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS: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 6.5

Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

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.

Record: CVE-2024-52980
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS: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

OSVGHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg 6.5

Elasticsearch-grok Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function

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.

Record: GHSA-ghfh-p92w-j4mg
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS: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

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52980 6.5

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.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52980
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVBIT-elasticsearch-2024-52980 No score

Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

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.

Record: BIT-elasticsearch-2024-52980
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

elastic elasticsearch

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grok` Maven	7.17.0 up to 8.15.1	8.15.1
`elasticsearch` Bitnami	7.17.0 up to 8.15.1	8.15.1
`org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grok` Maven	7.17.0 up to 8.15.1, plus listed versions 8.10.08.10.18.10.28.10.38.10.4 Show 33 moreShow less 8.11.08.11.18.11.28.11.38.11.48.12.08.12.18.12.28.13.08.13.18.13.28.13.38.13.48.14.08.14.18.14.28.14.38.15.08.5.08.5.18.5.28.5.38.6.08.6.18.6.28.7.08.7.18.8.08.8.18.8.28.9.08.9.18.9.2	8.15.1
`elasticsearch` Ubuntu: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

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-52980 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Elastic Elasticsearch, published April 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. Fixed in org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grok 8.15.1.