How severe is GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f?

GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f has a CVSS score of 6.5/10, rated MEDIUM. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f?

GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f affects the following packages: org.opensearch:opensearch (Maven), org.opensearch:opensearch (Maven). Ecosystems affected: Maven.

How do I fix GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f?

Update org.opensearch:opensearch to 1.3.14 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f in my Maven dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.opensearch:opensearch, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

How does O3 Security protect against GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f?

O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Is GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

When was GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f was published on December 1, 2023 and was last updated on December 6, 2024. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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MEDIUM severity

GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f — opensearch

MEDIUM

GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) remote code execution vulnerability in org.opensearch:opensearch. A fix is available for org.opensearch:opensearch — see the affected versions and patch details below.

OpenSearch StackOverflow vulnerability

Published

Dec 1, 2023

Updated

Dec 6, 2024

Affected

2 pkgs

Patched

2 / 2

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Dec 6, 2024 · OSV.dev, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected

☕org.opensearch:opensearch☕org.opensearch:opensearch

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Impact

A flaw was discovered in OpenSearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.

The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and corresponds to security advisory ESA-2023-14 (CVE-2023-31419).

Mitigation

Versions 1.3.14 and 2.11.1 contain a fix for this issue.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please contact AWS/Amazon Security via our issue reporting page (https://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting/) or directly via email to [email protected]. Please do not create a public GitHub issue.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
☕Maven	`org.opensearch:opensearch`	all versions	1.3.14`org.opensearch:opensearch:1.3.14`
☕Maven	`org.opensearch:opensearch`	≥ 2.0.0&&< 2.11.1	2.11.1`org.opensearch:opensearch:2.11.1`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.opensearch:opensearch, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.opensearch:opensearch to 1.3.14 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-6g3j-p5g6-992f. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact A flaw was discovered in OpenSearch, affecting the `_search` API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and corresponds to security advisory [ESA-2023-14](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-1-7-17-13-security-update/343297) (CVE-2023-31419). ### Mitigation Versions 1.3.14 and 2.11.1 contain a fix for this issue. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please contact AWS/Amazon Security via our issue reporting

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