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CVE-2024-23444 (GCVE-0-2024-23444)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-31 17:26 – Updated: 2025-04-04 23:03

Title

Elasticsearch elasticsearch-certutil csr fails to encrypt private key

Summary

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.

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-07-31 18:45 UTC

CWE

CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Assigner

elastic CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 69/100 over 155 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0…
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2025040…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Elastic	Elasticsearch	Affected: 7.x , < 7.17.23 (custom) Affected: 8.x , < 8.13.0 (custom)	guessed

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bit-elasticsearch-2024-23444

Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-09-07 10:34

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Elasticsearch elasticsearch-certutil csr fails to encrypt private key

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CERTFR-2024-AVI-0640

Vulnerability from certfr_avis - Published: 2024-08-01 - Updated: 2024-08-01

Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans Elastic Elasticsearch. Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une atteinte à la confidentialité des données.

Solutions

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description
	Elastic	Elasticsearch	Elastic Elasticsearch versions 8.x antérieures à 8.13.0
	Elastic	Elasticsearch	Elastic Elasticsearch versions 7.x antérieures à 7.17.23

References

Title

Publication Time

FKIE_CVE-2024-23444

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-07-31 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:12

Severity

4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security@elastic.co	https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0001/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	elastic	elasticsearch	*
	elastic	elasticsearch	*

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      "value": "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."
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GHSA-5V8F-XX9M-WJ44

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-31 18:32 – Updated: 2025-04-07 19:46

Summary

Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted

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.

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "affected": [
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "8.0.0-alpha1"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-07-31T20:53:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-31T18:15:11Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44",
  "modified": "2025-04-07T19:46:19Z",
  "published": "2024-07-31T18:32:01Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23444"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/106105"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/109834"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/07296d596a1dee24730e33ad40b6726f70c6fc23"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/321c4e1e6b738bf80faa41dbb9881489a4ab44e5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/bb1eddada3678257838b0590090ff9eb68acaa1b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted"
}

GSD-2024-23444

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2024-01-17 06:02

Details

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Aliases

CVE-2024-23444

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  "gsd": {
    "metadata": {
      "exploitCode": "unknown",
      "remediation": "unknown",
      "reportConfidence": "confirmed",
      "type": "vulnerability"
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  }
}

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23444 (CVE-2024-23444)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-07-31 18:15 – Updated: 2025-10-24 05:06 – Source website

Details

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23444	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23444	REPORT
	https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0…	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "elasticsearch",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3+dfsg-3"
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          {
            "binary_name": "libelasticsearch1.7-java",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3+dfsg-3"
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23444",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T05:06:53Z",
  "published": "2024-07-31T18:15:00Z",
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23444"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23444"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157"
    }
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
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WID-SEC-W-2024-1739

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2024-07-31 22:00 - Updated: 2024-07-31 22:00

Summary

Elasticsearch: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen

Severity

Mittel

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2024-23444.

CVE-2024-23444

Es besteht eine Schwachstelle in Elasticsearch, die auf eine unsachgemäße Handhabung des Verschlüsselungsprozesses des privaten Schlüssels zurückzuführen ist. Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann diese Schwachstelle ausnutzen, um vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, insbesondere um Zugang zu sensiblen privaten Schlüsselinformationen zu erhalten, die unverschlüsselt auf der Festplatte gespeichert sind.

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