Elasticsearch allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash

{
  "id": "895c3df3184325a89a438c412dafc1892d5c210bdbf951a3733d21d83234cdc9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43709",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Elasticsearch allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash",
    "summary": "An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-43709",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-43709",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-elasticsearch-2024-43709",
        "CVE-2024-43709",
        "GHSA-jgx4-7v3v-vwfm"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "bee86328705acaa9a6daede7140defd4d9ec56bd"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "d38e4b028f4a9784bb74de339ac1b877e2dbea6f"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "1b6a7ece17463df5ff54a3e1302d825889aa1161"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "617f7b76c4ebcb5a7f1e70d409a99c437c896aea"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "7.17.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "7.17.21"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "8.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "8.13.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v7.17.20",
            "v7.17.19",
            "v7.17.18",
            "v7.17.17",
            "v7.17.16",
            "v7.17.15",
            "v7.17.14",
            "v7.17.13",
            "v7.17.12",
            "v7.17.11",
            "v7.17.10",
            "v7.17.9",
            "v7.17.8",
            "v7.17.7",
            "v7.17.6",
            "v7.17.5",
            "v7.17.4",
            "v7.17.3",
            "v7.17.2",
            "v7.17.1",
            "v7.17.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-43709.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:35.805291493Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-21-and-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-25/373442",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/43xxx/CVE-2024-43709.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43709",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250221-0007/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-770"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "elastic",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.17.0, 8.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "7.17.21, 8.13.3"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandardRange"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/43xxx/CVE-2024-43709.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-43709",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 503407,
  "published_at": "2025-01-21T11:00:11.403+00:00"
}