CVE-2024-52979: Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability

CVE-2024-52979 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-05-01

Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability

Technologies: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2024-52979 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-52979 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2024-52979?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 1 May 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.17.25.
Is there a fix for CVE-2024-52979?
Yes. org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): upgrade to 7.17.25 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2024-52979?
Check whether you run org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): upgrade to 7.17.25 or later
    # set org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch to 7.17.25 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.17.25

Identifiers

  • CVE-2024-52979
  • GHSA-mm3m-5497-xggg

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