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CVE-2024-23444

CVE-2024-23444 · Elasticsearch elasticsearch-certutil csr fails to encrypt private key

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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.

CVSS 4.9 · Medium · EPSS 0.2% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • elasticsearch

    Versions
    • ≥ 7.x, < 7.17.23: Affected (custom)
    • ≥ 8.x, < 8.13.0: Affected (custom)

    Update to 7.17.23; Update to 8.13.0

  • elasticsearch Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.6.2+dfsg-1
    • 1.7.3+dfsg-1
    • 1.7.3+dfsg-2
    • 1.7.3+dfsg-3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

Original sources

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