TI-2023-25174 Aliases CVE-2023-46673 GHSA-285m-vhfq-xx4h

Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Elasticsearch

LOW 34CWE-755Published 2023-11-22 · Updated 2024-08-02

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

It was identified that malformed scripts used in the script processor of an Ingest Pipeline could cause an Elasticsearch node to crash when calling the Simulate Pipeline API.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00844 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Elasticsearch (Elastic): 7.17.14, 8.10.3org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 7.17.14, 8.10.3Red Hat: 1 without a fix

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	Elasticsearch	7.0.0 to before 7.17.14; 8.0.0 to before 8.10.3	7.17.14, 8.10.3	Patch available	CNA
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)	7.0.0 to before 7.17.14	7.17.14	Patch available	GHSA-285m-vhfq-xx4h
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)	8.0.0 to before 8.10.3	8.10.3	Patch available	GHSA-285m-vhfq-xx4h

Elasticsearch VendorElastic Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.17.14; 8.0.0 to before 8.10.3 Fixed in 7.17.14, 8.10.3 Patch available CNA
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.17.14 Fixed in 7.17.14 Patch available GHSA-285m-vhfq-xx4h
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.10.3 Fixed in 8.10.3 Patch available GHSA-285m-vhfq-xx4h

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::	7.0.0 to before 7.17.14; 8.0.0 to before 8.10.3	Vulnerable	Elastic

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 7.17.14; 8.0.0 to before 8.10.3 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

Fix · CNA Elasticsearch (Elastic) Fixed in 7.17.14, 8.10.3
Fix · GHSA-285m-vhfq-xx4h org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 7.17.14 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-285m-vhfq-xx4h org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 8.10.3 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Quay 3	Affected	No fix yet

Not affected: 1 product

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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46673
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-285m-vhfq-xx4h

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

TI-2015-01295 The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-02491 The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2023-15037 Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-05135 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2021-05136 All versions of Elastic Cloud Enterprise has the Elasticsearch “anonymous” user enabled… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2015-04530 Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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