CVE-2024-23449

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    CVE-2024-23449

    Published: 29 Mar 2024Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Elasticsearch Uncaught Exception

    Details: 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.

    References: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-11-1-security-update-esa-2024-05/356458, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/23xxx/CVE-2024-23449.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23449, https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f56126089ca4db89b631901ad7cce0a8e10e2fe5
    Fixed -6f9ff581fbcde658e6f69d6ce03050f060d1fd0c

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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