CVE-2024-52972
Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.37%
Description
An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability Metrics or Logs features in Kibana.
How to fix CVE-2024-52972
To remediate CVE-2024-52972, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 7.17.23 or later
- —upgrade to 7.17.23 or later
Is CVE-2024-52972 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 7.0.0, < 7.17.23, >= 8.0.0, < 8.15.0
- >= 7.0.0, < 7.17.23, >= 8.0.0, < 8.15.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |