Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere Affecting github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application package, versions <8.15.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMELASTICELASTICAGENTINTERNALPKGAGENTAPPLICATION-10231772
  • published23 May 2025
  • disclosed1 May 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 May 2025

CVE-2023-46669  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-497  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application to version 8.15.0 or higher.

Overview

github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application is a single, unified way to add monitoring for logs, metrics, and other types of data to a host

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere due to improper handling of local API keys. A local unauthorized actor can get access to sensitive information and impersonate Endpoint in the Elastic Stack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1