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CVE-2024-52973: Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash

6.5 CVSS

Description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/log_entries/summary. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability-Logs feature in Kibana.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-52973

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.5

Affected Products

Vendor: Elastic

Product: Kibana

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.7% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-19 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-23-and-8-14-2-security-update-esa-2024-26/373443

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