CVE-2023-49921

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 38.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-07-26 05:10Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 22:09Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-12-02

Assigning CNA

elastic

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.2)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-532Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log FileBase
• CWE-779Logging of Excessive DataBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

72cc08932af8e65fa30e891b5c1eff353b7fb81dc2b10763ee4a3b39ea22a49a

• discuss.elastic.cohttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-11-2-7-17-16-security-update-esa-2023-29/349179