ElasticsearchGHSA-r3hx-qfh5-r9m7
Elasticsearch Incorrect Authorization vulnerability
Medium4.4CVE-2024-23451 · Published Mar 27, 2024 · updated Aug 7, 2026
Incorrect Authorization issue exists in the API key based security model for Remote Cluster Security, which is currently in Beta, in Elasticsearch 8.10.0 and before 8.13.0. This allows a malicious user with a valid API key for a remote cluster configured to use the new Remote Cluster Security to read arbitrary documents from any index on the remote cluster, and only if they use the Elasticsearch custom transport protocol to issue requests with the target index ID, the shard ID and the document ID. None of Elasticsearch REST API endpoints are affected by this issue.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch Maven | >= 8.10.0, < 8.13.0 | 8.13.0 |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity from
- GitHub (reviewed advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Also known as
- BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23451, CVE-2024-23451
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