SB2024060702 - Information disclosure in Elasticsearch
Published: June 7, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024060702
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23451)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper authorization within the API key based security model for Remote Cluster Security. A remote user with a valid API key for a remote cluster configured to use new Remote Cluster Security can read arbitrary documents from any index on the remote cluster, if they use the Elasticsearch custom transport protocol to issue requests with the target index ID, the shard ID and the document ID.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.