CVE-2023-31419CWE-121

Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability

Medium · published October 26, 2023

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it medium at 6.5. It sits in the 99.2th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
62%
Percentile
99.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.61726 · 99.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2023-10-26T17:06Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 OCT 17:06Z
    Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability
    cvelistv5