Improper Encryption in Elastic Cloud Enterprise Compromising Sensitive Data
CVE-2017-8444

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Elastic
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 September 2017

Summary

The client-forwarder in Elastic Cloud Enterprise prior to version 1.0.2 suffers from improper encryption of traffic to ZooKeeper. This vulnerability allows for potential man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, wherein an unauthorized actor could intercept the traffic between the client-forwarder and ZooKeeper, possibly exposing sensitive data to malicious entities.

Affected Version(s)

Elastic Cloud Enterprise 1.0.0 and 1.0.1

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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