Medium severity · published Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2024-37286
APM Server Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
APM server logs contain document body from a partially failed bulk index request. For example, in case of unavailable_shards_exception for a specific document, since the ES response line contains the document body, and that APM server logs the ES response line on error, the document is effectively logged.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Apm Server · Elastic
before 8.14.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37286
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37286
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-19/364289
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