CVE-2023-31417
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Sensitive information is inserted into audit logs inappropriately.
- Who is affected
- Elasticsearch deployments that rely on audit logs for security monitoring.
- Urgency
- Medium priority; information disclosure via audit logs compromises confidentiality of logged events.
- Action
- Upgrade Elasticsearch to a patched version that prevents sensitive data insertion into audit logs.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.23% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 14% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- mediumCVE-2023-31417: Elasticsearch Insertion of sensitive information in audit logsmsrc · 2026-08-06
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