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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-23448 · published 7 February 2024

CVE-2024-23448: Elastic apm server sensitive information in log file vulnerability

Elastic · Apm Server

An issue was discovered whereby APM Server could log at ERROR level, a response from Elasticsearch indicating that indexing the document failed and that response would contain parts of the original document. Depending on the nature of the document that the APM Server attempted to ingest, this could lead to the insertion of sensitive or private information in the APM Server logs.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.67% · top 50.0% CWE-532 · Sensitive information in log file
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.67%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered whereby APM Server could log at ERROR level, a response from Elasticsearch indicating that indexing the document failed and that response would contain parts of the original document. Depending on the nature of the document that the APM Server attempted to ingest, this could lead to the insertion of sensitive or private information in the APM Server logs.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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/apm-server-8-12-1-security-update-esa-2024-03/352688 Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-8-12-1-security-update-esa-2024-03/352688 Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-23448), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.