Elastic Enterprise Search up to 7.17.15/8.11.1 Documents API log file

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Enterprise Search up to 7.17.15/8.11.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Documents API. Executing a manipulation can lead to log file. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-49923. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Enterprise Search up to 7.17.15/8.11.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Documents API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a log file vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-532. Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 12/12/2023. The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-49923 since 12/02/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Upgrading to version 7.17.16 or 8.11.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Log file
CWE: CWE-532 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise Search 7.17.16/8.11.2

Timelineinfo

12/02/2023 🔍
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12/12/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/04/2024 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-49923 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-49923
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-247624

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2023 19:57
Updated: 01/04/2024 08:08
Changes: 12/12/2023 19:57 (50), 01/04/2024 08:08 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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