Vulnerability · Published Feb 7, 2024 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2024-23448APM Server Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Medium 5.7

In plain English

A medium-severity sensitive data in logs in APM Server from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/elastic/apm-server8.12.1GHSA-8r33-q5j5-rh7g
Gogithub.com/elastic/apm-serverno fix listedGO-2024-2556

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic APM Server 8.12 – before 8.12.1

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

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