Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop - CVE-2023-46674
Published: December 6, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83893
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46674
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop
Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop
Software vendor:
Elastic Stack
Elastic Stack
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in hadoop or spark configuration properties. A remote user can update configuration properties and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.