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TI-2019-05369 Aliases CVE-2019-7615GHSA-35j2-p8fh-x966

Improper certificate validation in Elastic APM agent for Ruby

Priority LOW 33CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

A TLS certificate validation flaw was found in Elastic APM agent for Ruby versions before 2.9.0. When specifying a trusted server CA certificate via the 'server_ca_cert' setting, the Ruby agent would not properly verify the certificate returned by the APM server. This could result in a man in the middle style attack against the Ruby agent.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00644 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Elastic APM agent for Ruby (Elastic): 2.9.0elastic-apm (RubyGems): 2.9.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticElastic APM agent for Rubybefore 2.9.02.9.0Patch availableCNA
—elastic-apm (RubyGems)before 2.9.02.9.0Patch availableGHSA-35j2-p8fh-x966
  • Elastic APM agent for Ruby VendorElastic Affected before 2.9.0 Fixed in 2.9.0 Patch available CNA
  • elastic-apm (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 2.9.0 Fixed in 2.9.0 Patch available GHSA-35j2-p8fh-x966

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm-agent-ruby:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*before 2.9.0VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm-agent-ruby:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions before 2.9.0 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Elastic APM agent for Ruby (Elastic) Fixed in 2.9.0
  • Fix · GHSA-35j2-p8fh-x966 elastic-apm (RubyGems) Fixed in 2.9.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-7615
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-35j2-p8fh-x966
  3. 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 2

Other 4

Sources

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