4.3

CVE-2022-23708: elastic elasticsearch

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-23708GHSA-pgq6-ccqj-hpqrBIT-elasticsearch-2022-23708
Published 03-03-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-23708 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in elastic elasticsearch. EPSS estimates a 1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.03%
0%100%
Low · +0.11 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-03-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.03%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.11 pp

From 0.92% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.03%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elastic1 product
  • elasticsearchVersions 7.16.0 through 7.17.0 | ≥ 7.16.0, < 7.17.1
Org.elasticsearch1 product
  • elasticsearch≥ 7.16.0, < 7.17.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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