Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Elastic Cloud Enterprise
Priority LOW 27CWE-319Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.
Summary
The client-forwarder in Elastic Cloud Enterprise versions prior to 1.0.2 do not properly encrypt traffic to ZooKeeper. If an attacker is able to man in the middle (MITM) the traffic between the client-forwarder and ZooKeeper they could potentially obtain sensitive data.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00573 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic Cloud Enterprise | 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Elastic Cloud Enterprise VendorElastic Affected 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:cloud_enterprise:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0.0 | Vulnerable | Elasticsearch |
| cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:cloud_enterprise:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0.1 | Vulnerable | Elasticsearch |
- cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:cloud_enterprise:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 Vulnerable ·Elasticsearch
- cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:cloud_enterprise:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·Elasticsearch
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8444
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7p73-4949-hjv7
References
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- TI-2014-02491 The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2018-12328 Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-15037 Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-05135 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-8444 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-8444 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7p73-4949-hjv7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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