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CVE-2024-23449

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-23449 is an uncaught exception vulnerability affecting Elasticsearch versions 8.4.0 through 8.11.0. When an encrypted PDF is submitted via the REST API to an attachment processor, the Elasticsearch ingest node will crash, leading to a denial of service. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, but only impacts availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.4.0, < 8.11.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchFixed in: 8.11.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfcmedium

Elasticsearch Uncaught Exception leading to crash

Mar 29, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-23449Moderate

elasticsearch: uncaught exception leads to crash

Mar 29, 2024

References

discuss.elastic.co / t/elasticsearch-8-11-1-security-update-esa-2024-05/356458
Vendor Advisory