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CVE-2025-25013

Elastic Defend Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log Files

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

Improper restriction of environment variables in Elastic Defend can lead to exposure of sensitive information such as API keys and tokens via automatic transmission of unfiltered environment variables to the stack.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-01-31 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-04-08 CVE Published
  • 2025-04-09 CVE Updated
  • 2025-05-10 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-117: Interception
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Elastic
Search vendor "Elastic"
Elastic Defend
Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elastic Defend"
>= 8.0.0 < 8.17.3
Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elastic Defend" and version " >= 8.0.0 < 8.17.3"
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Affected