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CVE-2019-13416

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

Search Guard versions before 24.3 had an issue when Cross Cluster Search (CCS) was enabled, authenticated users are always authorized on the local cluster ignoring their roles on the remote cluster(s).

Affected products

• floragunn Search Guard: before 24.3 — fixed in 24.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: floragunn Search Guard 24.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.search-guard.com/6.x-25/changelog-searchguard-6-x-24_3
• https://search-guard.com/cve-advisory/
• https://docs.search-guard.com/6.x-25/changelog-searchguard-6-x-24_3
• https://search-guard.com/cve-advisory/

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