What is CVE-2019-7611?

CVE-2019-7611 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-7611?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch

CVE-2019-7611

A permission issue was found in Elasticsearch versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 when Field Level Security and Document Level Security are disabled and the _aliases, _shrink, or _split endpoints are used . If the elasticsearch.yml file has x…

EPSS: 0.021 (80.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Elastic Elasticsearch — versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7611?: CVE-2019-7611 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-7611?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.