{"id":"BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23444","summary":"Elasticsearch elasticsearch-certutil csr fails to encrypt private key","details":"It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing Requests, the associated private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the --pass parameter is passed in the command invocation.","aliases":["CVE-2024-23444","GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44"],"modified":"2026-09-08T12:37:31.800675348Z","published":"2026-09-07T10:34:33.526Z","database_specific":{"severity":"High","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23444"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0001/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elasticsearch","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/elasticsearch"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.17.23"},{"introduced":"8.0.0"},{"fixed":"8.13.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/elasticsearch/BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23444.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}