CVE-2024-23450

MEDIUMNVD 4.94.9—

4.9

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where processing a document in a deeply nested pipeline on an ingest node could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash.

CVSS v3: 4.9
EG Score: 4.9(medium)
EPSS: 77.9%
KEV: Not listed

Published

March 27, 2024

Last Modified

February 4, 2025

References (6)

security@elastichttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-19-security-update-esa-2024-06/356314
security@elastichttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0010/
security@elastichttps://www.elastic.co/community/security
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-19-security-update-esa-2024-06/356314
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0010/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.elastic.co/community/security

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

Maven(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch	8.0.0 ... 8.9.2 (46 versions)	8.13.0	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (Denial of Service)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:40 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-24 05:45 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-23450?

CVE-2024-23450 is a medium vulnerability published on March 27, 2024. A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where processing a document in a deeply nested pipeline on an ingest node could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash.

When was CVE-2024-23450 disclosed?

CVE-2024-23450 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 27, 2024, with the most recent update on February 4, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2024-23450 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-23450 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 77.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-23450?

CVE-2024-23450 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2024-23450?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-23450, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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