# Elastic Defend 8.13.3 Security Update (ESA-2024-24)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-defend-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-24/373441>\
**Category:** Security Announcements\
**Created:** [January 21, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-defend-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-24/373441 "2025-01-21T10:48:45Z")\
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**Elastic Defend Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding Leads to Crash (ESA-2024-24)**

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.

**Affected Versions:**  
Versions up to 8.13.3

**Solutions and Mitigations:**  
The issue is resolved in version 8.13.3.

**Severity:** CVSSv3.1: 5.5 Medium - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H  
**CVE ID:** CVE-2024-37284