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GHSA-285m-vhfq-xx4h BIT-elasticsearch-2023-46673 CVE-2023-46673

Elasticsearch Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

High Maven
Severity
6.5 / 10
High · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.84%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 57.97% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Fix
7.17.14
Upgrade org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch to this version or later

Description

It was identified that malformed scripts used in the script processor of an Ingest Pipeline could cause an Elasticsearch node to crash when calling the Simulate Pipeline API.

Affected versions

Maven

PackageVulnerableFixed in
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch
>= 7.0.0, < 7.17.14
7.17.14
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch
>= 8.0.0, < 8.10.3
8.10.3

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch Maven → 7.17.14

maven
<dependency><groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId><artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId><version>7.17.14</version></dependency>
gradle
implementation("org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:7.17.14")

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Weakness

CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
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