Privilege Escalation Affecting org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch package, versions [7.16.0, 7.17.1)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (21st percentile)
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NVD
4.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGELASTICSEARCH-2420042
  • published 9 Mar 2022
  • disclosed 4 Mar 2022
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch to version 7.17.1 or higher.

Overview

org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch is a Distributed, RESTful Search Engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. 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.

Note: Users that are planning to upgrade from 6.x should not perform an upgrade from 6.x to versions 7.16 through 7.17.0 and should use 7.17.1+ for upgrades from 6.x.

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