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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2023-31418 Detail

Description

An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-0-7-17-13-security-update/343616 Vendor Advisory 
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-0-7-17-13-security-update/343616 Vendor Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0005/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0005/
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory 
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST   Elastic  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-31418
NVD Published Date:
10/26/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Elastic