Information disclosure in Elastic Agent
CVE-2024-37283
An issue was discovered whereby Elastic Agent will leak secrets from the agent policy elastic-agent.yml only when the log level is configured to debug. By default the log level is set to info, where no leak occurs.
EPSS: 0.006 (42.6th 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:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Elastic Agent — versions 8.6.0
- Elastic Elastic_agent
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@elastic.co (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-37283?
- CVE-2024-37283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Agent, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-12.
- How severe is CVE-2024-37283?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.