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Advisory record · GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc

Elasticsearch Uncaught Exception leading to crash

CVSS 4.3 MediumEPSS 0.0068 · 52nd percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 29 Mar 2024, 12:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven>=8.4.0, <8.11.18.11.1
Identifiers
GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc · BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23449 · CVE-2024-23449
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-248
Tags
Published
29 Mar 2024
Updated
27 May 2025

Machine-written summary

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

Elasticsearch versions 8.4.0 up to but not including 8.11.1 are vulnerable. An attacker who can send requests to the REST API can submit an encrypted PDF to an attachment processor, which crashes the ingest node. Upgrade to Elasticsearch 8.11.1 or later.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
4.3 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CNA (elastic)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0068, the 52nd percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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