CVE-2023-49923

An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby the Documents API of App Search logged the raw contents of indexed documents at INFO log level. Depending on the contents of such documents, this could lead to the insertion of sensitive or private information in the App Search logs. Elastic has released 8.11.2 and 7.17.16 that resolves this issue by changing the log level at which these are logged to DEBUG, which is disabled by default.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search-8-11-2-7-17-16-security-update-esa-2023-31/349181	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:enterprise_search::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:enterprise_search::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-12-12 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-19 15:07

NVD link : CVE-2023-49923

Mitre link : CVE-2023-49923

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-49923

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

enterprise_search

CWE

CWE-532

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

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