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    CVE-2023-31418

    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.

    Published:Oct 26, 2023
    Last Modified:Feb 13, 2025
    EPS:Oct 26, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00625
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Elastic
    Product
    Elastic Cloud Enterprise
    Vendor
    Elastic
    Product
    Elasticsearch

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High