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| Vulnerability_id | VCID-4kx9-b641-87hu |
| Summary | Elasticsearch privilege escalation issue
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. |
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GHSA-pgq6-ccqj-hpqr |
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https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23708 |
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0.00245 |
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epss |
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0.47994 |
| published_at |
2026-06-07T12:55:00Z |
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0.00245 |
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epss |
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0.47944 |
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2026-06-04T12:55:00Z |
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0.00245 |
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epss |
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0.48007 |
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2026-06-05T12:55:00Z |
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0.00245 |
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epss |
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0.48011 |
| published_at |
2026-06-06T12:55:00Z |
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https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23708 |
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| cwe_id |
1035 |
| name |
OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities |
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Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017. |
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937 |
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OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities |
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Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013. |
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273 |
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Improper Check for Dropped Privileges |
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The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded. |
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269 |
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Improper Privilege Management |
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The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. |
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| Severity_range_score | 4.0 - 6.9 |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted_severity | 6.2 |
| Risk_score | 3.1 |
| Resource_url | http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-4kx9-b641-87hu |