Skip to main content
← All vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-23449GHSA-PW39-F3M5-CXFCBIT-ELASTICSEARCH-2024-23449

Elasticsearch Uncaught Exception

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 8.11.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Elastic Elasticsearch

    From 8.4.0 · fixed in 8.11.1

  • org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven

    From 8.4.0 · fixed in 8.11.1

References 1

discuss.elastic.co