CVE-2023-31418

Summary

CVE-2023-31418 is a vulnerability affecting Elasticsearch's handling of incoming HTTP requests. An attacker, without authentication, can potentially force an Elasticsearch node to crash with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. This issue was discovered by Elastic Engineering, and while no known exploitations have been reported, it is recommended that users apply the available patch to mitigate the risk.

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