CVE-2023-31416
Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) secret token configuration issue
Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK <2.8 with APM Server >=8.0. This could lead to anonymous requests to an APM Server being accepted and the data ingested into this APM deployment.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) secret token configuration issue
Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK <2.8 with APM Server >=8.0. This could lead to anonymous requests to an APM Server being accepted and the data ingested into this APM deployment.
- Record
CVE-2023-31416- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-35727
Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK <2.8 with APM Server >=8.0. This could lead to anonymous requests to an APM Server being accepted and the data ingested into this APM deployment.
- Record
EUVD-2023-35727- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f827-q6f2-jc9c
Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK <2.8 with APM Server >=8.0. This could...
Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK <2.8 with APM Server >=8.0. This could lead to anonymous requests to an APM Server being accepted and the data ingested into this APM deployment.
- Record
GHSA-f827-q6f2-jc9c- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK <2.8 with APM Server >=8.0. This could lead to anonymous requests to an APM Server being accepted and the data ingested into this APM deployment.
- Record
CVE-2023-31416- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-31416 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Elastic Cloud On Kubernetes, published October 26, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.