Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.22/8.15.0 Observability API resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.22/8.15.0. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Observability API. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource consumption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-52974. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.22/8.15.0. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Observability API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-52974 since 11/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/18/2024 🔍
04/08/2025 +140 days 🔍
04/08/2025 +0 days 🔍
10/01/2025 +175 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-52974 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-52974
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303904

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2025 19:05
Updated: 10/01/2025 00:45
Changes: 04/08/2025 19:05 (62), 10/01/2025 00:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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