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.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Elasticsearch — versions Versions 7.16.0 through 7.17.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447 (Vendor Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/ (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.