Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Affecting org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch package, versions [,7.17.23)[8.0.0-alpha1,8.13.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGELASTICSEARCH-7577201
  • published1 Aug 2024
  • disclosed31 Jul 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-23444  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-311  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch to version 7.17.23, 8.13.0 or higher.

Overview

org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch is a Distributed, RESTful Search Engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data when creating a new Certificate Signing Request via the elasticsearch-certutil tool with the csr option. The private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the --pass parameter is passed in the command invocation.

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