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Advisory record · GHSA-5mpw-4546-2wcr

Elasticsearch Incorrect Authorization vulnerability

CVSS 6.0 MediumEPSS 0.0046 · 40th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 17 Dec 2024, 21:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven>=8.16.0, <8.16.28.16.2
Identifiers
GHSA-5mpw-4546-2wcr · BIT-elasticsearch-2024-12539 · CVE-2024-12539
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-863
Tags
Published
17 Dec 2024
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Elasticsearch (org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch) versions 8.16.0 up to but not including 8.16.2 are affected by an improper authorization flaw in certain queries. An attacker with access to the affected queries could bypass Document Level Security and read documents their roles should not permit. Upgrade to version 8.16.2 or later. The source gives few details about which queries are involved.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.0 Medium 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CNA (elastic)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0046, the 40th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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