What is CVE-2019-13417?

CVE-2019-13417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Floragunn Search Guard, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2019-13417?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Floragunn Search Guard

CVE-2019-13417

Search Guard versions before 24.0 had an issue that field caps and mapping API leak field names (but not values) for fields which are not allowed for the user when field level security (FLS) is activated.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2019-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Floragunn Search Guard — versions unspecified
Search-Guard Search Guard

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

search-guard.com/cve-advisory/ (Vendor Advisory)
docs.search-guard.com/6.x-25/changelog-searchguard-6-x-24_0 (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13417?: CVE-2019-13417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Floragunn Search Guard, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2019-13417?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.