Answer in brief
CVE-2024-52980 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Elasticsearch-grok Potential Node Crash due to Large Recursion in `innerForbidCircularReferences` Function. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (maven), org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grok (maven). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (maven), org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grok (maven). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchmaven | >=7.17.0 <8.15.1 | 8.15.1 |
| org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-grokmaven | >=7.17.0,<8.15.1 | 8.15.1 |
Published upstream
Apr 8, 2025
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 8, 2026
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash. A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read_pipeline Elasticsearch cluster privilege assigned to them.
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