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

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGELASTICSEARCH-7577201
  • published 1 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 31 Jul 2024
  • credit Unknown

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.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
6.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None