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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-56144 EUVD-2026-46389GHSA-9fhm-53xw-h9c3

Incorrect Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Information Disclosure

Published Jul 21, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 2026 · Assigned by elastic

Description

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with limited index privileges to exploit insufficient authorization controls in the ingest simulation feature. By targeting indices they are not authorized to access directly, the user can cause those indices' configured ingest pipelines to execute and return their output, potentially disclosing data processed or enriched by those pipelines. Additionally, the same feature can be used to retrieve index mapping metadata for indices the user are not authorized to access directly.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Elastic Elasticsearch 9.4.0 – ≤ 9.4.3, 9.0.0 – ≤ 9.3.7, 8.12.0 – ≤ 8.19.18 —

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.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling ruby3.2-elasticsearch +3 9.5.0-r0 —

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