VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-23708
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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 0.92%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.92% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- elastic/elasticsearch
- Source
- security@elastic.co
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.