{"id":"BIT-elasticsearch-2022-23708","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2022-23708","GHSA-pgq6-ccqj-hpqr"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:47:14.081688968Z","published":"2024-03-06T10:52:31.870Z","database_specific":{"severity":"Medium","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23708"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elasticsearch","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/elasticsearch"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"7.16.0"},{"fixed":"7.17.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/elasticsearch/BIT-elasticsearch-2022-23708.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}