{"cve":"CVE-2024-23444","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-31T18:15:11.983","modified":"2026-06-17T07:12:57.710","status":"Modified","description":"It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing Requests, the associated private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the --pass parameter is passed in the command invocation.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-311"],"references":["https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0001/"],"products":["elastic:elasticsearch"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:53:51.317825789+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-23444","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10631,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44","summary":"Elasticsearch stores private key on disk unencrypted","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:16.510629644Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch","ranges":[">=8.0.0-alpha1 <8.13.0"],"fixed":["8.13.0"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch","ranges":["<7.17.23"],"fixed":["7.17.23"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}