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CVE-2022-23708

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2022-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch 7.17.0’s upgrade assistant, in which upgrading from version 6.x to 7.x would disable the in-built protections on the security index, allowing authenticated users with “*” index permissions access to this index.

Affected products

• Elasticsearch: from 7.16.0 before 7.17.1 — fixed in 7.17.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Elasticsearch 7.17.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/

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