VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-23449

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-03-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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.

Weakness classification

  • security@elastic.co: CWE-248
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references