GHSA-5xm9-x7x4-4j5x: elasticsearch fixed in 8.15.1 and 7.17.24

GHSA-5xm9-x7x4-4j5x PUBLISHED CVSS 4.900000095367432 MEDIUM

Elasticsearch Vulnerable to Stack Overflow due to a Large Recursion

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published April 8, 2025

elasticsearch is fixed in 8.15.1 and 7.17.24 (Maven Central)

Elasticsearch Vulnerable to Stack Overflow due to a Large Recursion

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch	Maven Central	8.15.1, 7.17.24

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

4.900000095367432

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Maven	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch	7.17.0, 8.0.0-alpha1

Timeline

Apr 8, 2025 CVE Published
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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