CVE-2024-23444
published 2024-07-31CVE-2024-23444: It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing…
PriorityP339high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.21%
10.7th percentile
It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing Requests, the associated private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the --pass parameter is passed in the command invocation.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| elastic | elasticsearch | >= 7.0.0 < 7.17.23 | 7.17.23 |
| elastic | elasticsearch | >= 7.x < 7.17.23 | 7.17.23 |
| elastic | elasticsearch | >= 8.0.0 < 8.13.0 | 8.13.0 |
| elastic | elasticsearch | >= 8.x < 8.13.0 | 8.13.0 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
osv7.5HIGH
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GHSA
Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted
ghsa·2024-07-31
CVE-2024-23444 [MEDIUM] CWE-311 Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted
Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted
It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing Requests, the associated private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the `--pass` parameter is passed in the command invocation.
OSV
Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted
osv·2024-07-31
CVE-2024-23444 [MEDIUM] Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted
Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted
It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing Requests, the associated private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the `--pass` parameter is passed in the command invocation.
OSV
CVE-2024-23444: It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Si
osv·2024-07-31·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2024-23444 [HIGH] CVE-2024-23444: It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Si
It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing Requests, the associated private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the --pass parameter is passed in the command invocation.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2024-07-31
Published