CVE-2022-23708
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
Product
Elasticsearch
PublishedMar 3, 2022
First seenMar 3, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-264CWE-264
How to fix
Update
- elastic elasticsearch7.17.1 or later
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch7.17.1 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| elastic elasticsearch | 7.16.0 ≤ v < 7.17.1 | 7.17.1 |
| org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven | 7.16.0 ≤ v < 7.17.1 | 7.17.1 |
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