CVE-2024-23444

HIGH EPSS 10.7%
Published Jul 31, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 31, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
10.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-311

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
elasticelasticsearch*≥7.0.0  –  <7.17.23
elasticelasticsearch*≥8.0.0  –  <8.13.0

References 2

  • discuss.elastic.co https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157
    Vendor Advisory
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0001/

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.