Medium · 4.9 CVE-2024-23444 BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23444EUVD-2024-2271GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44

Elasticsearch elasticsearch-certutil csr fails to encrypt private key

Published Jul 31, 2024 · Updated Apr 4, 2025 · Assigned by elastic

Vendor: Elastic Product: Elasticsearch Package: elasticsearch Package: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch Package: trino Package: trino-config Package: trino-oci-entrypoint Package: trino-plugin-ai-functions Package: trino-plugin-bigquery Package: trino-plugin-blackhole Package: trino-plugin-cassandra Package: trino-plugin-clickhouse Package: trino-plugin-delta-lake Package: trino-plugin-druid Package: trino-plugin-duckdb Package: trino-plugin-elasticsearch Package: trino-plugin-exasol Package: trino-plugin-exchange-filesystem Package: trino-plugin-exchange-hdfs Package: trino-plugin-faker Package: trino-plugin-functions-python Package: trino-plugin-geospatial Package: trino-plugin-google-sheets Package: trino-plugin-hive Package: trino-plugin-http-event-listener Package: trino-plugin-http-server-event-listener Package: trino-plugin-hudi Package: trino-plugin-iceberg Package: trino-plugin-ignite Package: trino-plugin-jmx Package: trino-plugin-kafka Package: trino-plugin-kafka-event-listener Package: trino-plugin-lakehouse Package: trino-plugin-ldap-group-provider Package: trino-plugin-loki Package: trino-plugin-mariadb Package: trino-plugin-memory Package: trino-plugin-ml Package: trino-plugin-mongodb Package: trino-plugin-mysql Package: trino-plugin-mysql-event-listener Package: trino-plugin-opa Package: trino-plugin-openlineage Package: trino-plugin-opensearch Package: trino-plugin-oracle Package: trino-plugin-password-authenticators Package: trino-plugin-pinot Package: trino-plugin-postgresql Package: trino-plugin-prometheus Package: trino-plugin-ranger Package: trino-plugin-redis Package: trino-plugin-redshift Package: trino-plugin-resource-group-managers Package: trino-plugin-session-property-managers Package: trino-plugin-singlestore Package: trino-plugin-snowflake Package: trino-plugin-spooling-filesystem Package: trino-plugin-sqlserver Package: trino-plugin-teradata-functions Package: trino-plugin-thrift Package: trino-plugin-tpcds Package: trino-plugin-tpch Package: trino-plugin-vertica Ecosystem: Maven Ecosystem: Ubuntu Ecosystem: Wolfi

Description

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.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Elastic	Elasticsearch	7.x – < 7.17.23, 8.x – < 8.13.0	7.17.23

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	elasticsearch	No fix yet	—

Wolfi

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Wolfi rolling	trino +58	453-r1	—

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed	Record
Maven	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch	>= 8.0.0-alpha1, < 8.13.0	8.13.0	GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44
Maven	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch	< 7.17.23	7.17.23	GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44

Advisories 1

WID-SEC-2024-1739 Elasticsearch: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 31, 2024

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157