What is CVE-2023-23612?

CVE-2023-23612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensearch-project Security, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-23612?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Opensearch-project Security

CVE-2023-23612

OpenSearch is an open source distributed and RESTful search engine. OpenSearch uses JWTs to store role claims obtained from the Identity Provider (IdP) when the authentication backend is SAML or OpenID Connect. There is an issue in how tho…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.002 (40.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Opensearch-project Security — versions >= 2.0.0, < 2.5.0, < 1.3.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-864v-6qj7-62qj (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/2.5.0 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23612?: CVE-2023-23612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensearch-project Security, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-23612?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.