CVE-2023-49923
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
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ssvc
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-3126Elasticsearch: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Elasticsearch ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
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references (7)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-49923/cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search-8-11-2-7-17-16-security-update-esa-2023-31/349181cnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securitycnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search-8-11-2-7-17-16-security-update-esa-2023-31/349181enisa_euvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityenisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search-8-11-2-7-17-16-security-update-esa-2023-31/349181MitigationVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisorynvd
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