An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-0982 An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc Elasticsearch Uncaught Exception leading to crash
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History

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-Other
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-12T13:14:56.771Z

Reserved: 2024-01-16T21:31:26.030Z

Link: CVE-2024-23449

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:06:24.587Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-29T12:15:08.177

Modified: 2025-02-04T15:14:46.527

Link: CVE-2024-23449

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-23449 - Bugzilla

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