Security Flaw in Elasticsearch Upgrade Assistant Disabling Protections
CVE-2022-23708

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Elastic
Status
Elasticsearch
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 March 2022

Summary

A security vulnerability has been identified in the upgrade assistant of Elasticsearch 7.17.0. During the upgrade process from version 6.x to 7.x, the built-in protections for the security index are inadvertently disabled. This flaw allows authenticated users with wildcard ('*') permissions on indices to gain unauthorized access to the sensitive security index, posing significant risks to data integrity and confidentiality.

Affected Version(s)

elasticsearch Versions 7.16.0 through 7.17.0

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-securit...
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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