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.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447	Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Jul 2023, 20:34

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-269~~	NVD-CWE-Other

Information

Published : 2022-03-03 22:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:09

NVD link : CVE-2022-23708

Mitre link : CVE-2022-23708

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-23708

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

elasticsearch

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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