CVE-2023-46672
Logstash Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- elastic
Description
An issue was identified by Elastic whereby sensitive information is recorded in Logstash logs under specific circumstances. The prerequisites for the manifestation of this issue are: * Logstash is configured to log in JSON format https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash-command-line.html , which is not the default logging format. * Sensitive data is stored in the Logstash keystore and referenced as a variable in Logstash configuration.
Timeline
ID reserved
By elastic
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| elasticCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Weakness
Affected products
References (4)
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-8-11-1-security-update-esa-2023-26/347191 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240229-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-46672)Record last updated .