CVE-2024-23444

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 v3 4.9 MEDIUM

4.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157	Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0001/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-07-31 18:15

Updated : 2025-12-03 07:07

NVD link : CVE-2024-23444

Mitre link : CVE-2024-23444

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-23444

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

elasticsearch

CWE

CWE-311

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

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