CVE-2022-23708
MEDIUMElasticsearch 7.17.0 - Authenticated Security Index Access Control Bypass via Upgrade Assistant
Title source: llmDescription
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch 7.17.0’s upgrade assistant, in which upgrading from version 6.x to 7.x would disable the in-built protections on the security index, allowing authenticated users with “*” index permissions access to this index.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
47.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (2)
elastic/elasticsearch
7.16.0 - 7.17.1
org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch
7.16.0 - 7.17.1Maven
Published
Mar 03, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026