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SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (GHSA-2cqf-6xv9-f22w)
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408868
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An
unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a
moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no
indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild. (CVE-2023-31418)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 408868
Version: Revision 1.8
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.51
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31418
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-31418
cwe: CWE-400