An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.

Affected Packages

Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

Affected versions: 8.4.0 (fixed in 8.11.1)

Related CVEs

CVE-2024-23449

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc

Published

March 29, 2024 12:30 PM

Last Modified

May 27, 2025 5:50 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: November 26, 2025 6:30 AM

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