CVE-2023-49923: elastic enterprise_search
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-49923 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in elastic enterprise_search. EPSS estimates a 0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 12-12-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 24-05-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby the Documents API of App Search logged the raw contents of indexed documents at INFO log level. Depending on the contents of such documents, this could lead to the insertion of sensitive or private information in the App Search logs. Elastic has released 8.11.2 and 7.17.16 that resolves this issue by changing the log level at which these are logged to DEBUG, which is disabled by default.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.59%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
47%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.59% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Elastic1 product
- enterprise_search≥ 7.0.0, < 7.17.16 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.11.2
1 vendor · 1 product
References
2 links- discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search-8-11-2-7-17-16-security-update-esa-2023-31/349181MitigationVendor Advisory
- www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory