Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting elasticsearch-8 package, versions <8.13.2-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-ELASTICSEARCH8-6593184
  • published9 Apr 2024
  • disclosed27 Feb 2024

Introduced: 27 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-21742  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard elasticsearch-8 to version 8.13.2-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elasticsearch-8 package and not the elasticsearch-8 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1