CVE-2022-23708 (GCVE-0-2022-23708)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-03 21:48 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2022072… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | elasticsearch |
Affected:
Versions 7.16.0 through 7.17.0
|
guessed |
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