#VU91267 Improper Authorization in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-23451
Published: June 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91267
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23451
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Software vendor:
Elastic Stack
Elastic Stack
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.