Vulnerability · Published Nov 15, 2023 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2023-46672Logstash Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

High 8.4

In plain English

A high-severity sensitive data in logs in Logstash from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was identified by Elastic whereby sensitive information is recorded in Logstash logs under specific circumstances. The prerequisites for the manifestation of this issue are: * Logstash is configured to log in JSON format https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash-command-line.html , which is not the default logging format. * Sensitive data is stored in the Logstash keystore and referenced as a variable in Logstash configuration.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Logstash 8.10.0 – before 8.11.1

Weakness: CWE-532 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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