CVE-2022-23708
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23708
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-23708.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-23708
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Published
- 2022-03-03T22:15:08.800Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T13:02:09.344027Z
- Severity
-
- 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- 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.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
Database specific
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