CVE-2024-23448

APM Server Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 7, 2024 at 09:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAPM Server

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

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

APM Server· Elasticelastic-plugin
95%
v < 8.12.18.12 ≤ v < 8.12.18.12
Affected range stops below 8.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-532

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