What is CVE-2023-46673?

CVE-2023-46673 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-46673?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-46673 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch

CVE-2023-46673

It was identified that malformed scripts used in the script processor of an Ingest Pipeline could cause an Elasticsearch node to crash when calling the Simulate Pipeline API.

EPSS: 0.005 (64.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Elastic Elasticsearch — versions 7.0.0, 8.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46673?: CVE-2023-46673 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-46673?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-46673 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.