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🗓️ 22 May 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105031");
  script_version("2025-09-05T15:40:40+0000");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-05 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 05 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-05-22 15:00:02 +0200 (Thu, 22 May 2014)");

  script_name("Elastic Elasticsearch Detection (HTTP)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Product detection");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "httpver.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 9200);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"HTTP based detection of Elastic Elasticsearch.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

port = http_get_port( default:9200 );
buf = http_get_cache( item:"/", port:port, fetch404:TRUE );
if( ! buf ||
    ( buf !~ "Content-Type\s*:\s*application/json" &&
      buf !~ "X-elastic-product\s*:\s*Elasticsearch"
    )
  ) {
  exit( 0 );
}

if(
    # nb: Default Elasticsearch setup
    ( ( "build_hash" >< buf || "build_timestamp" >< buf || "build_date" >< buf ) &&
      "lucene_version" >< buf && ( "elasticsearch" >< buf || "You Know, for Search" >< buf ) ) ||
    # nb: Seen on Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) if the cluster / node isn't known (e.g. no hostname
    # passed). In this case the system had thrown a 404 / Not Found which is the reason why
    # the fetch404:TRUE parameter is used above.
    ( '{"ok":false,"message":"Unknown resource."}' >< buf && buf =~ "X-Cloud-Request-Id\s*:.+" ) ||
    buf =~ "X-elastic-product\s*:\s*Elasticsearch"
  ) {

  version       = "unknown";
  install       = "/";

  vers = eregmatch( string:buf, pattern:'number"\\s*:\\s*"([0-9a-z.]+)",', icase:TRUE );
  if( ! isnull( vers[1] ) )
    version       = chomp( vers[1] );

  url = "/_cat/indices?v";
  req = http_get( item:url, port:port );
  buf = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req, bodyonly:TRUE );
  if( "health" >< buf || "status" >< buf || "index" >< buf ) {
    extra  = "Collected information (truncated) from " + http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url, url_only:TRUE ) + ' :\n\n';
    extra += substr( buf, 0, 1000 );
    extra = chomp( extra );
    set_kb_item( name:"elastic/elasticsearch/noauth", value:TRUE );
    set_kb_item( name:"elastic/elasticsearch/" + port + "/noauth", value:TRUE );
  }

  set_kb_item( name:"elastic/elasticsearch/detected", value:TRUE );
  set_kb_item( name:"elastic/elasticsearch/http/detected", value:TRUE );

  set_kb_item( name:"elastic/elasticsearch/http/" + port + "/installs", value:port + "#---#" + install + "#---#" + version + "#---#" + vers[0] + '\n\nExtra information:\n' + extra );
}

exit( 0 );

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