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CVE-2019-13420

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% 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-208

Description

Search Guard versions before 21.0 had an timing side channel issue when using the internal user database.

Affected products

• floragunn Search Guard: before 21.0 — fixed in 21.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: floragunn Search Guard 21.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.search-guard.com/6.x-21/changelog-searchguard-6-x-21_0
• https://search-guard.com/cve-advisory/
• https://docs.search-guard.com/6.x-21/changelog-searchguard-6-x-21_0
• https://search-guard.com/cve-advisory/

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