CVE-2023-23613 Field-level security issue with .keyword fields in OpenSearch
Authenticated users can bypass field-level security restrictions to read restricted data via auto-generated keyword fields in OpenSearch.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-23613?
CVE-2023-23613 is a medium-severity vulnerability in opensearch-project security, published on 24 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
OpenSearch is an open source distributed and RESTful search engine. In affected versions there is an issue in the implementation of field-level security (FLS) and field masking where rules written to explicitly exclude fields are not correctly applied for certain queries that rely on their auto-generated .keyword fields. This issue is only present for authenticated users with read access to the indexes containing the restricted fields. This may expose data which may otherwise not be accessible to the user. OpenSearch 1.0.0-1.3.7 and 2.0.0-2.4.1 are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to OpenSearch 1.3.8 or 2.5.0. Users unable to upgrade may write explicit exclusion rules as a workaround. Policies authored in this way are not subject to this issue.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23613?
4 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 | All versions | 1.3.8 |
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security Maven | All versions | 1.3.8 |
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.5.0 |
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.5.0 |
Products include Amazon Opensearch.
How do I fix CVE-2023-23613?
Upgrade org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security to a fixed version for your release line: 1.3.8 or 2.5.0.
Is CVE-2023-23613 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23613 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-2022-35980 OpenSearch vulnerable to Improper Authorization of Index Containing Sensitive Information
- 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
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v3cg-7r9h-r2g6, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23613.