OpenSearch up to 1.3.9/2.6.x Query authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in OpenSearch up to 1.3.9/2.6.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component Query Handler. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-31141. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in OpenSearch up to 1.3.9/2.6.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Query Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

OpenSearch is open-source software suite for search, analytics, and observability applications. Prior to versions 1.3.10 and 2.7.0, 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 queries during extremely rare race conditions potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. For this issue to be triggered, two concurrent requests need to land on the same instance exactly when query cache eviction happens, once every four hours. OpenSearch 1.3.10 and 2.7.0 contain a fix for this issue.

The weakness was released 05/09/2023 as GHSA-g8xc-6mf7-h28h. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-31141 since 04/24/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.3.10 or 2.7.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• OpenSearch

Version

• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8
• 1.3.9
• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6

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