CVE-2017-12195
An attacker with knowledge of the given name used to authenticate and access Elasticsearch can later access it without the token, bypassing authentication.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in all Openshift Enterprise versions using the openshift elasticsearch plugin. An attacker with knowledge of the given name used to authenticate and access Elasticsearch can later access it without the token, bypassing authentication. This attack also requires that the Elasticsearch be configured with an external route, and the data accessed is limited to the indices.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.39% probability · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-295
- Affected
- redhat/openshift container platform
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3188Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3389Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12195Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3188Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3389Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12195Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.