5.3

CVE-2024-23449: elastic elasticsearch Uncaught Exception

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-23449GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfcBIT-elasticsearch-2024-23449
Published 29-03-2024Last modified 12-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-23449 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Uncaught Exception vulnerability in elastic elasticsearch. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.68%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.68% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elastic1 product
Org.elasticsearch1 product
  • elasticsearch≥ 8.4.0, < 8.11.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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