How to check the impact of third-party CVEs on your Elastic deployment

The Elastic Support Hub has introduced a self-service feature that allows users to instantly check the impact of third-party Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) on their Elastic deployments, enhancing their ability to filter out unnecessary alerts from security scanners and confirm Elastic’s official assessments. This feature, built on Elastic’s vulnerability management program, provides users with direct access to a comprehensive database of security statements, enabling them to perform primary reviews without needing to file support tickets. Users can search for CVE impact statements using the Native Search bar or the Elastic Support Assistant, which employs retrieval augmented generation to efficiently retrieve relevant data. While the Support Assistant is optimized for bulk CVE checks, it is recommended to break down larger lists to fit the system's capacity. The Elastic Support Hub aims to streamline the process of assessing security vulnerabilities by bridging the gap between Elastic's security researchers and users, ensuring that the information available is both accurate and actionable.