elastic elasticsearch CVE-2022-23708 is a vulnerability in Elasticsearch
Published on March 3, 2022

A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch 7.17.0s 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.

NVD

Weakness Type

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-23708

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Affected Versions

elasticsearch Version Versions 7.16.0 through 7.17.0 is affected by CVE-2022-23708

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.25%
Percentile
47.48%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.