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Published

2024-12-19 07:08

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Elasticsearch Incorrect Authorization

Details

An issue was discovered where improper authorization controls affected certain queries that could allow a malicious actor to circumvent Document Level Security in Elasticsearch and get access to documents that their roles would normally not allow.

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  },
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  "id": "BIT-elasticsearch-2024-12539",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-12-19T07:08:44.980Z",
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      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-16-2-8-17-0-security-update/372091"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Elasticsearch Incorrect Authorization"
}

CVE-2024-12539 (GCVE-0-2024-12539)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-17 20:50 – Updated: 2024-12-17 21:23

Title

Elasticsearch Incorrect Authorization

Summary

Severity ?

6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

elastic

References

URL

Tags

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-16-2…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Elastic	Elasticsearch	Affected: 8.16.0 , ≤ 8.16.1 (semver)

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2024-12539 (GCVE-0-2024-12539)

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