{"id":"CVE-2023-46668","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-46668","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T06:13:56.696Z","title":"These API keys could be used to write arbitrary data and read Elastic Endpoint user artifacts.","description":"If Elastic Endpoint (v7.9.0 - v8.10.3) is configured to use a non-default option in which the logging level is explicitly set to debug, and when Elastic Agent is simultaneously configured to collect and send those logs to Elasticsearch, then Elastic Agent API keys can be viewed in Elasticsearch in plaintext. These API keys could be used to write arbitrary data and read Elastic Endpoint user artifacts.","published":"2023-10-26T00:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:31:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@elastic.co","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-532"],"affected":["elastic/endpoint"],"epss":{"score":0.00398,"percentile":0.3389,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-v8-10-4-security-update/345203","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-v8-10-4-security-update/345203","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46668","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}