OpenSearch up to 1.3.6/2.3.x Access Control Rules access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenSearch up to 1.3.6/2.3.x. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Access Control Rules. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-41918. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenSearch up to 1.3.6/2.3.x and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Access Control Rules. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied to the indices that back data streams potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. OpenSearch 1.3.7 and 2.4.0 contain a fix for this issue. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

The weakness was presented 11/16/2022 as GHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jgg. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-41918 since 09/30/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.3.7 or 2.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch f7cc569c9d3fa5d5432c76c854eed280d45ce6f4 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-1133). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenSearch 1.3.7/2.4.0
Patch: f7cc569c9d3fa5d5432c76c854eed280d45ce6f4

Timelineinfo

09/30/2022 🔍
11/16/2022 +47 days 🔍
11/16/2022 +0 days 🔍
07/06/2025 +963 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jgg
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-41918 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41918
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213773
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/16/2022 07:43
Updated: 07/06/2025 18:27
Changes: 11/16/2022 07:43 (43), 12/19/2022 09:03 (12), 07/06/2025 18:27 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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