{"id":"CVE-2022-23708","aliases":["BIT-elasticsearch-2022-23708","GHSA-pgq6-ccqj-hpqr"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23708","summary":" Elasticsearch privilege escalation","details":"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.","published":"2022-03-03T21:48:14Z","modified":"2026-08-12T13:00:26.462041Z","cvss":{"score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"epss":{"score":0.00924,"percentile":0.57207,"asOf":"2026-08-23"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch","fixedVersion":"7.17.1"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23708.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23708"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T13:00:26.462041Z"}}