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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-23715 · published 25 August 2022

CVE-2022-23715: Elastic cloud enterprise sensitive information in log file vulnerability

Elastic · Elastic Cloud Enterprise

A flaw was discovered in ECE before 3.4.0 that might lead to the disclosure of sensitive information such as user passwords and Elasticsearch keystore settings values in logs such as the audit log or deployment logs in the Logging and Monitoring cluster. The affected APIs are PATCH /api/v1/user and PATCH /deployments/{deployment_id}/elasticsearch/{ref_id}/keystore

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.80% · top 45.3% CWE-532 · Sensitive information in log file
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.80%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A flaw was discovered in ECE before 3.4.0 that might lead to the disclosure of sensitive information such as user passwords and Elasticsearch keystore settings values in logs such as the audit log or deployment logs in the Logging and Monitoring cluster. The affected APIs are PATCH /api/v1/user and PATCH /deployments/{deployment_id}/elasticsearch/{ref_id}/keystore

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-3-4-0-security-update/312825 Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-3-4-0-security-update/312825 Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-23715), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.