# Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

Advisory record · `GHSA-w5gg-2q56-6h4f`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-w5gg-2q56-6h4f` · `BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23450` · `CVE-2024-23450`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.9 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Published:** 27 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 27 Mar 2024, 18:32 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch` (Maven): affected `>=7.0.0, <7.17.19 || >=8.0.0, <8.13.0`; fixed in `7.17.19`, `8.13.0`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Elasticsearch versions 7.0.0 up to 7.17.19 (excluding 7.17.19) and 8.0.0 up to 8.13.0 (excluding 8.13.0) are affected. A flaw lets a document processed through a deeply nested pipeline on an ingest node crash the Elasticsearch node. The source gives few details about the required access. Upgrade to Elasticsearch 7.17.19 or 8.13.0.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 4.9 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (elastic)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.013, the 69th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w5gg-2q56-6h4f)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-w5gg-2q56-6h4f](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w5gg-2q56-6h4f)
- [OSV: GHSA-w5gg-2q56-6h4f](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w5gg-2q56-6h4f)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23450>
- <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-19-security-update-esa-2024-06/356314>
- <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch>
- <https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0010>
- <https://www.elastic.co/community/security>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-w5gg-2q56-6h4f>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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