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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-46669 · published 1 May 2025

CVE-2023-46669: Elastic agent information exposure vulnerability

Elastic · Elastic Agent

Exposure of sensitive information to local unauthorized actors in Elastic Agent and Elastic Security Endpoint can lead to loss of confidentiality and impersonation of Endpoint to the Elastic Stack. This issue was identified by Elastic engineers and Elastic has no indication that it is known or has been exploited by malicious actors.

7.1 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.18% · top 93.4% CWE-200 · Information exposure
7.1CVSS 3.1 base score
0.18%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Exposure of sensitive information to local unauthorized actors in Elastic Agent and Elastic Security Endpoint can lead to loss of confidentiality and impersonation of Endpoint to the Elastic Stack. This issue was identified by Elastic engineers and Elastic has no indication that it is known or has been exploited by malicious actors.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-elastic-endpoint-security-security-update-esa-2025-03/377706 PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-46669), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.