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CVE-2023-31416

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) secret token configuration issue

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 26, 2023 at 06:46 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:56 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorElastic Cloud on KubernetesAPM Server

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK <2.8 with APM Server >=8.0. This could lead to anonymous requests to an APM Server being accepted and the data ingested into this APM deployment.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes· Elasticelastic-plugin
95%
v < 2.8
Affected range stops below 2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
elastic-apm-server (environment)
APM Server· Elasticelastic-plugindevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-on-kubernetes-eck-2-8-security-update/343854
Not Applicable
Source: [email protected]
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMelastic
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

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