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Incorrect Authorization

CVE-2024-12539

Medium
6/10

Summary

An issue was discovered where Improper Authorization controls affected certain queries that could allow a malicious actor to circumvent the Document Level Security in Elasticsearch and get access to documents that their roles would normally not allow. This issue affects versions 8.16.0 through 8.161.1.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Authorization is a security mechanism performed by an application to grant or deny access to the requested resources by verifying the privileges of the user. When an application lacks effective authorization mechanisms, it enables unauthorized users to gain unintended privileges and illegitimate access to resources. Such a vulnerability may result in exposure of sensitive information, denial of service, arbitrary code execution, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published