Description
Improper handling of alternate encoding occurs when Elastic Defend on Windows systems attempts to scan a file or process encoded as a multibyte character. This leads to an uncaught exception causing Elastic Defend to crash which in turn will prevent it from quarantining the file and/or killing the process.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
11.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-755
Status
published
Products (1)
Elastic/Elastic Defend
8.0.0 - 8.13.3
Published
Jan 21, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026