CVE-2024-37283 Elastic Agent Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Elastic Agent leaks secrets into log files when debug logging is enabled, requiring administrators to avoid debug mode or secure logs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-37283?
CVE-2024-37283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Agent, published on 8 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered whereby Elastic Agent will leak secrets from the agent policy elastic-agent.yml only when the log level is configured to debug. By default the log level is set to info, where no leak occurs.
Weakness: CWE-532
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37283?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic Elastic Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2024-37283?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37283 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-37283 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37283 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Agent
- CVE-2026-78604 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Elastic Agent Leading to Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM
- CVE-2023-6687 Elastic Agent Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
- CVE-2023-46669 Elastic Agent / Elastic Endpoint Security local API key disclosure
- CVE-2024-52976 Elastic Agent Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9mq7-8hm8-q3mp.