What is CVE-2022-23708?

CVE-2022-23708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-23708?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch

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.

EPSS: 0.009 (56.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic Elasticsearch — versions Versions 7.16.0 through 7.17.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23708?: CVE-2022-23708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-23708?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.