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CVE-2019-7611: Improper Access Control in Elasticsearch

May 13, 2022 (updated June 27, 2022)

A permission issue was found in Elasticsearch versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 when Field Level Security and Document Level Security are disabled and the _aliases, _shrink, or _split endpoints are used . If the elasticsearch.yml file has xpack.security.dls_fls.enabled set to false, certain permission checks are skipped when users perform one of the actions mentioned above, to make existing data available under a new index/alias name. This could result in an attacker gaining additional permissions against a restricted index.

References

  • discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj32-6v7m-57pg
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7611
  • www.elastic.co/community/security

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.6.15, all versions starting from 6.0.0 before 6.6.1

Fixed versions

  • 5.6.15
  • 6.6.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 5.6.15, 6.6.1 or above.

Impact 8.1 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Source file

maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch/CVE-2019-7611.yml

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