CVE-2024-23444 (Medium) detected in elasticsearch-7.17.15.jar

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CVE-2024-23444 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - elasticsearch-7.17.15.jar

Elasticsearch subproject :server

Library home page: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /pom.xml

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-data-elasticsearch-2.7.18.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-data-elasticsearch-4.4.18.jar
    • elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client-7.17.15.jar
      • ❌ elasticsearch-7.17.15.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: f98a7663cd4534d7282b786a5f475d4e4b48c1c7

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2024-07-31

URL: CVE-2024-23444

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.9)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: High
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

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

Release Date: 2024-07-31

Fix Resolution (org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch): 7.17.23

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-elasticsearch): 3.0.0

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