What is CVE-2024-12539?

CVE-2024-12539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-12539?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Elastic Elasticsearch

CVE-2024-12539

An issue was discovered where improper authorization controls affected certain queries that could allow a malicious actor to circumvent Document Level Security in Elasticsearch and get access to documents that their roles would normally no…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic Elasticsearch — versions 8.16.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

security@elastic.co (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12539?: CVE-2024-12539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-12539?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.