QID 731301

QID 731301: Elasticsearch Improper Authorization Vulnerability (ESA-2024-07)

Elasticsearch is a search server based on Lucene that provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents.

CVE-2024-23451: An incorrect Authorization issue exists in the API key-based security model for Remote Cluster Security which allows a malicious user with a valid API key for a remote cluster configured to use the new Remote Cluster Security to read arbitrary documents from any index on the remote cluster.

Affected Versions:
Elasticsearch versions from 8.10.0 to prior to 8.13.0

QID detection logic:
Checks the vulnerable versions of ElasticSearch.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allows a malicious user with a valid API key for a remote cluster configured to use the new Remote Cluster Security to read arbitrary documents from any index on the remote cluster

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.4 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to refer Elasticsearch advisory (ESA-2024-07) for more details

Vendor References

ElasticSearch - discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-security-update-esa-2024-07/356315

CVEs related to QID 731301

CVE-2024-23451 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ESA-2024-07			discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-security-update-esa-2024-07/356315

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