CVE-2023-31419
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 61.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 61.07% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Affected
- elastic/elasticsearch
- Source
- security@elastic.co
EPSS 61.1% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-1-7-17-13-security-update/343297Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0010/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-1-7-17-13-security-update/343297Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0010/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.