CVE-2024-52972 Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash
Authenticated users with read access can crash Kibana by sending specially crafted requests to the metrics snapshot API.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-52972?
CVE-2024-52972 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 23 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52972?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including kibana and elk. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
kibana Bitnami | From 7.0.0 | 7.17.23, 8.15.0 |
elk Bitnami | From 7.0.0 | 7.17.23, 8.15.0 |
Products include Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2024-52972?
Upgrade kibana to a fixed version for your release line: 7.17.23 or 8.15.0.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-52972 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52972 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as BIT-elk-2024-52972, BIT-kibana-2024-52972, GHSA-28hq-v755-x5ph.