CVE-2024-23447: Elastic Network Drive Connector Improper Access Control

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

An issue was discovered in the Windows Network Drive Connector when using Document Level Security to assign permissions to a file, with explicit allow write and deny read. Although the document is not accessible to the user in Network Drive it is visible in search applications to the user.

Affected products

Elastic Network Drive Connector: before 8.12.1 — fixed in 8.12.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Elastic Network Drive Connector 8.12.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-network-drive-connector-8-12-1-security-update-esa-2024-02/352687
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-network-drive-connector-8-12-1-security-update-esa-2024-02/352687
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

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