Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | elasticsearch | Versions 7.16.0 through 7.17.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | elasticsearch | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | >= 7.16.0, < 7.17.1 | 7.17.1 | GHSA-pgq6-ccqj-hpqr |