Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130).
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated user with connector management privileges could cause the cluster to allocate an uncontrolled amount of memory when connector resources with an excessively large `description` field are created and subsequently accessed, exhausting available heap memory and crashing the affected node.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Elastic
- Product
- Elasticsearch / Kibana
- CVSS
- 6.5
- Exposure class
- Database
Why it ranks 8 (Routine)
- CVSS 6.5 medium
- Product class: database
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.