Medium severity · published May 8, 2023
CVE-2023-31141
OpenSearch is open-source software suite for search, analytics, and observability applications
5.9
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenSearch is open-source software suite for search, analytics, and observability applications. Prior to versions 1.3.10 and 2.7.0, there is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied to the queries during extremely rare race conditions potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. For this issue to be triggered, two concurrent requests need to land on the same instance exactly when query cache eviction happens, once every four hours. OpenSearch 1.3.10 and 2.7.0 contain a fix for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Opensearch · Amazon
before 1.3.10; 2.0.0 before 2.7.0 · source: NVD
OS
Opensearch Security · Amazon
before 1.3.10; 2.0.0 before 2.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31141
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31141
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-g8xc-6mf7-h28h
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