High severity · published Dec 5, 2023
CVE-2023-46674
An issue was identified that allowed the unsafe deserialization of java objects from hadoop or spark configuration properties that could have been modified by authenticated users
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was identified that allowed the unsafe deserialization of java objects from hadoop or spark configuration properties that could have been modified by authenticated users. Elastic would like to thank Yakov Shafranovich, with Amazon Web Services for reporting this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Elasticsearch · Elastic
before 7.17.11; 8.0.0 before 8.9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46674
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46674
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-7-17-11-8-9-0-security-update-esa-2023-28/348663
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