Medium severity · published Oct 26, 2023
CVE-2023-31416
Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK <2.8 with APM Server >=8.0
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK <2.8 with APM Server >=8.0. This could lead to anonymous requests to an APM Server being accepted and the data ingested into this APM deployment.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EC
Elastic Cloud ON Kubernetes · Elastic
before 2.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31416
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31416
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-on-kubernetes-eck-2-8-security-update/343854
Not Applicable
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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