Information disclosure in Elastic Elasticsearch
CVE-2023-49921
An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby Watcher search input logged the search query results on DEBUG log level. This could lead to raw contents of documents stored in Elasticsearch to be printed in logs. Elastic has released 8.11.2 and 7.17.16 that resolves this issue by removing this excessive logging. This issue only affects users that use Watcher and have a Watch defined that uses the search input and additionally have set the search input’s logger to DEBUG or finer, for example using: org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.input.search, org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.input, org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher, or wider, since the loggers are hierarchical.
EPSS: 0.004 (36.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Elastic Elasticsearch — versions 7.0.0, 8.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@elastic.co (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-49921?
- CVE-2023-49921 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2024-07-26.
- How severe is CVE-2023-49921?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.