Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.22/8.14.x allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.22/8.14.x. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-43708. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.22/8.14.x. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted payload to a number of inputs in Kibana UI. This can be carried out by users with read access to any feature in Kibana.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-43708 since 08/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 7.17.23 or 8.15.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kibana 7.17.23/8.15.0

Timelineinfo

08/15/2024 🔍
01/23/2025 +161 days 🔍
01/23/2025 +0 days 🔍
10/01/2025 +250 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-43708 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-43708
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-293132

Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2025 11:55
Updated: 10/01/2025 00:20
Changes: 01/23/2025 11:55 (62), 10/01/2025 00:20 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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