Elasticsearch Uncaught Exception
Priority LOW 25CWE-248Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-248.
Summary
An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00681 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Elasticsearch (Elastic): 8.11.1org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 8.11.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | 8.4.0 to before 8.11.1 | 8.11.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) | 8.4.0 to before 8.11.1 | 8.11.1 | Patch available | GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc |
- Elasticsearch VendorElastic Affected 8.4.0 to before 8.11.1 Fixed in 8.11.1 Patch available CNA
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.4.0 to before 8.11.1 Fixed in 8.11.1 Patch available GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Elasticsearch (Elastic) Fixed in 8.11.1
- Fix · GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 8.11.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
- Red Hat Quay 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23449
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc
References
Advisory 2
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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-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
Sources
- CVE-2024-23449 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-23449 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-23449 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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