CVE-2024-52974: Medium severity elastic vulnerability

Published Apr 8, 2025
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Updated

An issue has been identified where a specially crafted request sent to an Observability API could cause the kibana server to crash.

A successful attack requires a malicious user to have read permissions for Observability assigned to them.

Affected Software

3 affected components
Elastic Kibana
Elastic Kibana>=7.17.0<7.17.23
Elastic Kibana>=8.0.0<8.15.1

Event History

Apr 8, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:46 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:46 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:15 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2024-52974?

CVE-2024-52974 has been assigned a high severity rating due to its potential to cause server crashes.

2

How do I fix CVE-2024-52974?

To fix CVE-2024-52974, upgrade to the latest version of Elastic Kibana where the vulnerability is patched.

3

Who is affected by CVE-2024-52974?

Users of Elastic Kibana with read permissions for Observability are affected by CVE-2024-52974.

4

What kind of attack can exploit CVE-2024-52974?

CVE-2024-52974 can be exploited by sending a specially crafted request to the Observability API.

5

Is there a workaround for CVE-2024-52974?

There is no official workaround for CVE-2024-52974; updating to a patched version is recommended.

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