Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2022· Updated Apr 23, 2025
Issue with fine-grained access control of indices backing data streams
CVE-2022-41918
Description
OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. 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 indices that back data streams potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. OpenSearch 1.3.7 and 2.4.0 contain a fix for this issue. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-securityMaven | < 1.3.7 | 1.3.7 |
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-securityMaven | >= 2.0.0, < 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 |
Affected products
2- opensearch-project/securityv5Range: <1.3.7
Patches
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References
5- github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jggghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41918ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/opensearch-project/securityghsaPACKAGE
- github.com/opensearch-project/security/commit/f7cc569c9d3fa5d5432c76c854eed280d45ce6f4ghsaWEB
- github.com/opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jggghsaWEB
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