4.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-23444
Elasticsearch elasticsearch-certutil Unencrypted Private Key Exposure
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 31, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 1, 2024, 12:42 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-23444 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Elastic elasticsearch
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157

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  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 31, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added Reference Elastic https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Elastic CWE-311
    Added CVSS V3.1 Elastic AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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