CVE-2024-23444: Elasticsearch elasticsearch-certutil csr fails to encrypt private key
First published: Wed Jul 31 2024(Updated: )
It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing Requests, the associated private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the --pass parameter is passed in the command invocation.
Credit: bressers@elastic.co bressers@elastic.co
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | <7.17.23 | 7.17.23 |
| maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | >=8.0.0-alpha1<8.13.0 | 8.13.0 |
| Elastic Elasticsearch | >=7.0.0<7.17.23 | |
| Elastic Elasticsearch | >=8.0.0<8.13.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23444
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/106105
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/109834
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/07296d596a1dee24730e33ad40b6726f70c6fc23
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/321c4e1e6b738bf80faa41dbb9881489a4ab44e5
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/bb1eddada3678257838b0590090ff9eb68acaa1b
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44 (Advisory)
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