CVE-2025-13653 Unauthorized access to documents in data streams with specially crafted requests
Authenticated users can read unauthorized documents from data streams via crafted requests when enterprise modules are disabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13653?
CVE-2025-13653 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in floragunn Search Guard FLX, published on 1 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Search Guard FLX versions from 3.1.0 up to 4.0.0 with enterprise modules being disabled, there exists an issue which allows authenticated users to use specially crafted requests to read documents from data streams without having the respective privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13653?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13653?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13653 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-13653 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13653 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-348g-pv2q-pj9p.