GHSA-8r33-q5j5-rh7g

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    GHSA-8r33-q5j5-rh7g

    Published: 8 Feb 2024Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary: APM Server vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

    Details: An issue was discovered whereby APM Server could log at ERROR level, a response from Elasticsearch indicating that indexing the document failed and that response would contain parts of the original document. Depending on the nature of the document that the APM Server attempted to ingest, this could lead to the insertion of sensitive or private information in the APM Server logs.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23448, https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-8-12-1-security-update-esa-2024-03/352688, https://github.com/elastic/apm-server, https://www.elastic.co/community/security

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/elastic/apm-server

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/apm-server

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.12.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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