CVE-2023-31421

Beats, Elastic Agent, APM Server, and Fleet Server Improper Certificate Validation issue

Published Oct 26, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
It was discovered that when acting as TLS clients, Beats, Elastic Agent, APM Server, and Fleet Server did not verify whether the server certificate is valid for the target IP address; however, certificate signature validation is still performed. More specifically, when the client is configured to connect to an IP address (instead of a hostname) it does not validate the server certificate's IP SAN values against that IP address and certificate validation fails, and therefore the connection is not blocked as expected.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-35729 It was discovered that when acting as TLS clients, Beats, Elastic Agent, APM Server, and Fleet Server did not verify whether the server certificate is valid for the target IP address; however, certificate signature validation is still performed. More specifically, when the client is configured to connect to an IP address (instead of a hostname) it does not validate the server certificate's IP SAN values against that IP address and certificate validation fails, and therefore the connection is not blocked as expected.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 2:53 PM
Reserved
Apr 27, 2023, 6:54 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 26, 2023, 4:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:56 AM