CVE-2019-13417 Information disclosure in Search Guard

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can leak restricted field names via API when field-level security is active, exposing schema details to unauthorized users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-13417?

CVE-2019-13417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in floragunn Search Guard, published on 12 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Search Guard versions before 24.0 had an issue that field caps and mapping API leak field names (but not values) for fields which are not allowed for the user when field level security (FLS) is activated.

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13417?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Search-Guard Search Guard.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13417?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13417 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-13417 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13417 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m7rg-2hpc-fj28.

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