CVE-2022-23708
MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 3, 2022 at 09:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorElasticsearch
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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Elasticsearch· Elasticelastic-plugin
95%v ≤ 7.17.07.16.0 ≤ v < 7.17.1
Affected range stops below 7.17.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264NVD-CWE-Other
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