CVE-2022-35980 OpenSearch vulnerable to Improper Authorization of Index Containing Sensitive Information
Attackers can bypass document and field level security filters on aliased indices, exposing sensitive information in OpenSearch clusters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-35980?
CVE-2022-35980 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in opensearch-project security, published on 12 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenSearch Security is a plugin for OpenSearch that offers encryption, authentication and authorization. Versions 2.0.0.0 and 2.1.0.0 of the security plugin are affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. Requests to an OpenSearch cluster configured with advanced access control features document level security (DLS), field level security (FLS), and/or field masking will not be filtered when the query's search pattern matches an aliased index. OpenSearch Dashboards creates an alias to `.kibana` by default, so filters with the index pattern of `*` to restrict access to documents or fields will not be applied. This issue allows requests to access sensitive information when customer have acted to restrict access that specific information. OpenSearch 2.2.0, which is compatible with OpenSearch Security 2.2.0.0, contains the fix for this issue. There is no recommended work around.
Weakness: CWE-612
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35980?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security Maven | From 2.0.0.0 | 2.2.0.0 |
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security Maven | From 2.0.0.0 | 2.2.0.0 |
Products include Amazon Opensearch.
How do I fix CVE-2022-35980?
Upgrade org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security to 2.2.0.0 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-35980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in opensearch-project security
- CVE-2022-31115 Unsafe YAML deserialization in opensearch-ruby
- CVE-2025-9624 OpenSearch 3.2.0 - Nested Boolean/Disjunction asymmetric DoS
- CVE-2022-41918 Issue with fine-grained access control of indices backing data streams
- CVE-2023-23933 Issue in Anomaly Detection with document and field level rules in numerical feature aggregations
- CVE-2023-23613 Field-level security issue with .keyword fields in OpenSearch
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f4qr-f4xx-hjxw.