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Advisory record · GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44

Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted

CVSS 4.9 MediumEPSS 0.0021 · 10th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 31 Jul 2024, 18:32 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven>=8.0.0-alpha1, <8.13.0 || <7.17.238.13.0, 7.17.23
Identifiers
GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44 · BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23444 · CVE-2024-23444
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-311
Tags
Published
31 Jul 2024
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Elasticsearch (Maven package org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch) versions from 8.0.0-alpha1 before 8.13.0 and versions before 7.17.23 are affected. When the elasticsearch-certutil tool creates a Certificate Signing Request with the csr option, the generated private key is saved to disk unencrypted even if the --pass parameter is given. Upgrade to version 8.13.0 or 7.17.23.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
4.9 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CNA (elastic)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0021, the 10th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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