Kibana: Unbounded Resource Allocation Crash via /api/metrics/snapshot
CVE-2024-52972 Published on January 23, 2025
Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash
An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability Metrics or Logs features in Kibana.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-52972 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-52972
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Affected Versions
Elastic Kibana:- Version 8.0.0 and below 8.15.0 is affected.
- Version 7.0.0 and below 7.17.23 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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