Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-23445
Published: June 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91269
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23445
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Elastic Stack
Affected software:
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions on the API key for the cross-cluster search. If a cross-cluster API key restricts search for a given index using the query or the field_security parameter, and the same cross-cluster API key also grants replication for the same index, the search restrictions are not enforced during cross cluster search operations and search results may include documents and terms that should not be returned. A remote user can gain access to potentially sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-23445
Install updates from vendor's website.