Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in Elastic Agent - CVE-2024-37283
Published: August 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95623
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37283
CWE-ID: CWE-532
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to software writes into log files secrets from the agent policy elastic-agent.yml when the log level is configured to "debug". A remote user with ability to access logs gain access to sensitive information and potentially compromise the system.
Affected software
Elastic Agent
How to mitigate CVE-2024-37283
Install updates from vendor's website.
Elastic Agent - update to 8.15.0