CVE-2024-23449

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.68% (52nd) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.14.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · security@elastic.coexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · OSV

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-248USCWE-248USCWE-248US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Elasticsearch <8.11.1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 8.11.1cert_bundDE
Elastic Elasticsearchall versionsenisa_euvdEU
Elastic Elasticsearch8.4.0 → 8.11.1enisa_euvdEU
Elastic NV Elasticsearch8.4.0 → 8.11.1fstec_bduRU
elastic elasticsearch8.4.0 → 8.11.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami elasticsearch8.4.0 → 8.11.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch8.4.0 → 8.11.1osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0759Elasticsearch: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2024-04-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Elasticsearch ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfcElasticsearch Uncaught Exception leading to crash2024-03-29ghsa · osvUS
An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.
BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23449Elasticsearch Uncaught Exception2024-05-14vendor · osvUS
An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.

also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-03-29modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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