UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23708

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23708

    Published: 3 Mar 2022Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:

    Summary:

    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.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: elasticsearch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.6.2+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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