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Uncaught Exception

CVE-2024-23449

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

An uncaught exception in org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch versions 8.4.0 through 8.11.0 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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW

CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception

An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published