CVE-2024-23448
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered whereby APM Server could log at ERROR level, a response from Elasticsearch indicating that indexing the document failed and that response would contain parts of the original document. Depending on the nature of the document that the APM Server attempted to ingest, this could lead to the insertion of sensitive or private information in the APM Server logs.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.7–7.5
ssvc
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affected products (6)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-8r33-q5j5-rh7gAPM Server vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File2024-02-08ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered whereby APM Server could log at ERROR level, a response from Elasticsearch indicating that indexing the document failed and that response would contain parts of the original document. Depending on the nature of the document that the APM Server attempted to ingest, this could lead to the insertion of sensitive or private information in the APM Server logs.
- GO-2024-2556APM Server vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in github.com/elastic/apm-server2024-06-28vendor · osvUS
APM Server vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in github.com/elastic/apm-server. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/elastic/apm-server before v8.12.1.
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references (7)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-23448/cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-8-12-1-security-update-esa-2024-03/352688cnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securitycnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-8-12-1-security-update-esa-2024-03/352688enisa_euvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityenisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-8-12-1-security-update-esa-2024-03/352688Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisorynvd
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