A permission issue was found in Elasticsearch versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 when Field Level Security and Document Level Security are disabled and the _aliases, _shrink, or _split endpoints are used . If the elasticsearch.yml file has xpack.security.dls_fls.enabled set to false, certain permission checks are skipped when users perform one of the actions mentioned above, to make existing data available under a new index/alias name. This could result in an attacker gaining additional permissions against a restricted index.
CVE-2019-7611
This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.8%, top 26% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 8.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 80.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 25, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (4)
- security@elastichttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
- security@elastichttps://www.elastic.co/community/security
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.elastic.co/community/security
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | elasticsearch | 2020-03-18 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | 6.0.0 ... 6.6.0 (25 versions) | 6.6.1 | — |
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