VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-23708

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.03%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • security@elastic.co: CWE-264
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references