CVE-2024-12539

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12539
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-12539.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-12539
Aliases
Downstream
CGA (18)
MINI (2)
UBUNTU (1)
Published
2024-12-17T20:50:04Z
Modified
2026-08-28T11:30:14Z
Severity
  • 6.0 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
Elasticsearch Incorrect Authorization
Details

An issue was discovered where improper authorization controls affected certain queries that could allow a malicious actor to circumvent Document Level Security in Elasticsearch and get access to documents that their roles would normally not allow.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "elastic",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/12xxx/CVE-2024-12539.json",
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "8.16.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "8.16.1"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
Events
Introduced
12ff76a92922609df4aba61a368e7adf65589749
Fixed
fc1fb13693e87881046baa93e2cf1f4caf2fd58b
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "8.16.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "8.16.2"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

v8.*
v8.16.0
v8.16.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-12539.json"