PT-2024-10163 · Elastic · Elasticsearch

Published 2024-12-11 · Updated 2024-12-19 · CVE-2024-12539

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elasticsearch (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to improper authorization controls affecting certain queries in Elasticsearch. This could allow a malicious actor to circumvent Document Level Security and obtain access to documents that their roles would normally not allow. The vulnerability is related to incorrect authorization, which may enable a remote attacker to access protected information.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-00489

BIT-ELASTICSEARCH-2024-12539

CVE-2024-12539

GHSA-5MPW-4546-2WCR

Affected Products

Elasticsearch

References · 13

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-12539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00489 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-elasticsearch-2024-12539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5mpw-4546-2wcr · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12539 · Security Note
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-16-2-8-17-0-security-update/372091 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12539 · Security Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13135 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1869153224768241863 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1869128476227150084 · Twitter Post