CVE-2023-49921 — Log File Information Exposure in Elasticsearch

CWE-532 — Log File Information ExposureCWE-779 — Logging of Excessive Data6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.2
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Elastic Elasticsearch
Timeline
PublishedJul 26

Description

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: or…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5elastic/elasticsearch7.0.0 — 7.17.16+1
▶NVDelastic/elasticsearch7.0.0 — 7.17.16+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2023-49921: An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby Watcher search input logged the search query results on DEBUG log level↗2024-07-26
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GHSA
Elasticsearch Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File↗2024-07-26
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OSV
Elasticsearch Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File↗2024-07-26
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CVEList
CVE-2023-49921: An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby Watcher search input logged the search query results on DEBUG log level↗2024-07-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
elasticsearch: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File↗2023-12-12
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