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 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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
4.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
elasticCNA
4.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA-ADPADP
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 74%
VendorProductVersion
elasticelasticsearch
7.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 7.17.23
elasticelasticsearch
8.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 8.13.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
elasticsearch
questing
dne
plucky
dne
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
needs-triage
trusty
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0001/