CVE-2018-17244
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.86%Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Elasticsearch
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 11/8/2023
Description
Elasticsearch Security versions 6.4.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way request headers are applied to requests when using the Active Directory, LDAP, Native, or File realms. A request may receive headers intended for another request if the same username is being authenticated concurrently; when used with run as, this can result in the request running as the incorrect user. This could allow a user to access information that they should not have access to.
Affected packages (1)
- Maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |