BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23444

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    BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23444

    Published: 7 Sept 2026Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026

    Summary: Elasticsearch elasticsearch-certutil csr fails to encrypt private key

    Details: 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.

    References: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23444, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0001/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: elasticsearch

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/elasticsearch

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.17.23

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High