Information disclosure in Elastic Enterprise Search
CVE-2023-49923
An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby the Documents API of App Search logged the raw contents of indexed documents at INFO log level. Depending on the contents of such documents, this could lead to the insertion of sensitive or private information in the App Search logs. Elastic has released 8.11.2 and 7.17.16 that resolves this issue by changing the log level at which these are logged to DEBUG, which is disabled by default.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Enterprise Search — versions 7.0.0, 8.0.0
- Elastic Enterprise Search
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search-8-11-2-7-17-16-security-update-esa-2023-… (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- www.elastic.co/community/security (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-49923?
- CVE-2023-49923 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Enterprise Search, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-12-12.
- How severe is CVE-2023-49923?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.