CVE-2024-11994 (GCVE-0-2024-11994)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-01 13:06 – Updated: 2025-05-01 15:32
VLAI
Title
APM Server Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Summary
APM server logs could contain parts of the document body from a partially failed bulk index request. Depending on the nature of the document, this could disclose sensitive information in APM Server error logs.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/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 2025-05-01 14:30 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
elastic CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 69/100 over 161 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Elastic APM Server Affected: 8.0.0 , < 8.16.1 (semver)
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