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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-37280

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type.

Published Jun 13, 2024 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · A flaw was discovered

Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-37280. EPSS is 0.62%. Act only if a listed version of A flaw was discovered is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (A flaw was discovered).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.62%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe elastic/elasticsearch

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe elastic/elasticsearch< 8.14.0

How to fix CVE-2024-37280

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-37280. EPSS is 0.62%. Act only if a listed version of A flaw was discovered is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with < 8.14.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow; CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 0.62%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Elasticsearch security

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 13, 2024 · Monitored products — high

    Detected

    A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · Monitored products — high

    Updated

    A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-37280

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • Monitored products — highVendor advisoryCVE-2024-37280

    A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 4, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgNov 2, 2026
  • Monitored products — highNov 1, 2026