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.
CVE-2024-23444 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Elasticsearch subproject :server
Library home page: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
Path to dependency file: /pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/7.9.3/elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar
Dependency Hierarchy: - transport-7.9.3.jar (Root Library) - :x: **elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: eb687271afab9d7c61ca82fce2ed4fdb3d5e1a70
Found in base branch: master
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.
Publish Date: 2024-07-31
URL: CVE-2024-23444
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: High - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: None
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Origin: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157
Release Date: 2024-07-31
Fix Resolution (org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch): 7.17.23
Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.elasticsearch.client:transport): 7.17.23