Medium severity · published Jan 26, 2023
CVE-2023-23613
OpenSearch is an open source distributed and RESTful search engine
6.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenSearch is an open source distributed and RESTful search engine. In affected versions there is an issue in the implementation of field-level security (FLS) and field masking where rules written to explicitly exclude fields are not correctly applied for certain queries that rely on their auto-generated .keyword fields. This issue is only present for authenticated users with read access to the indexes containing the restricted fields. This may expose data which may otherwise not be accessible to the user. OpenSearch 1.0.0-1.3.7 and 2.0.0-2.4.1 are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to OpenSearch 1.3.8 or 2.5.0. Users unable to upgrade may write explicit exclusion rules as a workaround. Policies authored in this way are not subject to this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Opensearch · Amazon
1.0.0 before 1.3.8; 2.0.0 before 2.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23613
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23613
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/2.5.0
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-v3cg-7r9h-r2g6
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