CVE-2022-23708 — Improper Check for Dropped Privileges in Elasticsearch

CWE-264CWE-273 — Improper Check for Dropped PrivilegesCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management6 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 52.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Elastic Elasticsearch
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateMar 4

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDelastic/elasticsearch7.16.0 — 7.17.1
▶CVEListV5elastic/elasticsearchVersions 7.16.0 through 7.17.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Elasticsearch privilege escalation↗2022-03-04
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GHSA
Elasticsearch privilege escalation↗2022-03-04
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OSV
CVE-2022-23708: A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch 7↗2022-03-03
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CVEList
CVE-2022-23708: A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch 7↗2022-03-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
elasticsearch: privilege escalation vulnerability (ESA-2022-02)↗2022-02-28
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