CVE-2023-46669

Exposure of sensitive information to local unauthorized actors in Elastic Agent and Elastic Security Endpoint can lead to loss of confidentiality and impersonation of Endpoint to the Elastic Stack. This issue was identified by Elastic engineers and Elastic has no indication that it is known or has been exploited by malicious actors.

CVSS v3 6.2 MEDIUM

6.2^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-elastic-endpoint-security-security-update-esa-2025-03/377706	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endpoint_security::::::::

History

01 Oct 2025, 19:31

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-elastic-endpoint-security-security-update-esa-2025-03/377706 -~~	() https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-elastic-endpoint-security-security-update-esa-2025-03/377706 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_agent:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endpoint_security::::::::
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
First Time		Elastic Elastic endpoint Security Elastic elastic Agent

02 May 2025, 13:53

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-01 13:15

Updated : 2025-10-01 19:31

NVD link : CVE-2023-46669

Mitre link : CVE-2023-46669

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-46669

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

endpoint_security
elastic_agent

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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