PT-2019-18671 · Elastic · Elasticsearch

Published 2019-10-30 · Updated 2022-05-24 · CVE-2019-7619

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elasticsearch versions 6.7.0 through 6.8.3 Elasticsearch versions 7.0.0 through 7.3.2

Description A username disclosure flaw was found in the API Key service of Elasticsearch. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted request to determine if a username exists in the Elasticsearch native realm.

Recommendations For Elasticsearch versions 6.7.0 through 6.8.3, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Elasticsearch versions 7.0.0 through 7.3.2, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the API Key service to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-7619

GHSA-HXP8-R9G3-GRFR

Affected Products

Elasticsearch

References · 7

• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-4-0-security-update/201831 · Vendor Advisory
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-4-security-update/204908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://elastic.co/community/security · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hxp8-r9g3-grfr · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7619 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-7619 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch · Note