CVE-2023-31413 Information disclosure in Filebeat

Medium 5.5 Published 4 May 2023 Updated 29 Jan 2025

Attackers can read sensitive authorization headers from logs if debug logging is enabled in Elastic Filebeat.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-31413?

CVE-2023-31413 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Filebeat, published on 4 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Filebeat versions through 7.17.9 and 8.6.2 have a flaw in httpjson input that allows the http request Authorization or Proxy-Authorization header contents to be leaked in the logs when debug logging is enabled.

Weakness: CWE-532, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-31413?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Elastic Filebeat.

How do I fix CVE-2023-31413?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-31413 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-31413 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31413 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j8h4-w7cf-hch5.