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        {
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            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
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                "introduced": "0"
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                "fixed": "7.17.23"
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              {
                "introduced": "8.0.0"
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                "fixed": "8.15.0"
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            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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              "introduced": "0"
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              "fixed": "61d76462eecaf09ada684d1b5d319b5ff6865a83"
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              "introduced": "1b6a7ece17463df5ff54a3e1302d825889aa1161"
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          "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch",
          "type": "GIT"
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        {
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            "extracted_events": [
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                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "7.17.23"
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              {
                "introduced": "8.0.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "8.15.0"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "89cafc519e1d6e0e08d8cf5c13eee6886fe6e412"
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            {
              "introduced": "57ca5e139a33dd2eed927ce98d8231a1f217cd15"
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          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/kibana",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "elastic",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/52xxx/CVE-2024-52972.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
      {
        "extracted_events": [
          {
            "introduced": "8.0.0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "8.15.0"
          },
          {
            "introduced": "7.0.0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "7.17.23"
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        ],
        "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2024-52972",
  "modified": "2026-07-08T05:37:20.358282847Z",
  "published": "2025-01-23T06:11:10.715Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-23-8-15-0-security-updates-esa-2024-32-esa-2024-33/373548"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/52xxx/CVE-2024-52972.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52972"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.5",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash"
}