CVE-2024-23444 – org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

Package

Manager: maven
Name: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch
Vulnerable Version: >=8.0.0-alpha1 <8.13.0 || >=0 <7.17.23

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00068 pctl0.21418

Details

Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing Requests, the associated private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the `--pass` parameter is passed in the command invocation.

Metadata

Created: 2024-07-31T18:32:01Z
Modified: 2025-04-07T19:46:19Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/07/GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44/GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-311"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44
Finding: F020
Auto approve: 1