MEDIUM

GHSA-5mpw-4546-2wcr

Elasticsearch Incorrect Authorization vulnerability

Quick fix

GHSA-5mpw-4546-2wcr — org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

# pom.xml: bump <version>8.16.2</version> for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

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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Affected packages

Maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

Introduced in: 8.16.0Fixed in: 8.16.2

Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>8.16.2</version> for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12539[ADVISORY]
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-16-2-8-17-0-security-update/372091[WEB]
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch[PACKAGE]