{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-5xm9-x7x4-4j5x",
  "modified": "2025-05-27T17:22:57Z",
  "published": "2025-04-08T18:34:43Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-52981"
  ],
  "summary": "Elasticsearch Vulnerable to Stack Overflow due to a Large Recursion",
  "details": "An issue was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects could cause a stackoverflow.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.17.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.17.24"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 7.17.23"
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "8.0.0-alpha1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.15.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 8.15.0"
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52981"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/097fc0654f9305e01402a06c82926bb04ebe5495"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/91ddb124219a5be992644fcf78d7d061e4b7d44c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/f0948d38fdc811eca4a4b71dcb81a9b7dbb654b3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-04-09T13:06:43Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-04-08T17:15:35Z"
  }
}