Incorrect authorization in floragunn Search Guard
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-863 and CWE-200.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Search Guard (floragunn) Fixed in 24.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
floragunn Search Guard 24.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-10087 Search Guard versions before 24.0 had an issue that values of string arrays in documents are not properly anonymized.Priority LOW 35
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-13417
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m7rg-2hpc-fj28
References
More floragunn Search Guard vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-10092 Improper authentication in floragunn Search Guard Kibana Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-10088 Search Guard versions before 23.1 had an issue that for aggregations clear text values of anonymised fields were leaked. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-10087 Search Guard versions before 24.0 had an issue that values of string arrays in documents are not properly anonymized. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-10085 Improper authorization in floragunn Search Guard CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-10084 Search Guard versions before 24.3 had an issue when Cross Cluster Search (CCS) was… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-10091 Open redirect in floragunn Search Guard Kibana Plugin CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2019-13417 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-13417 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m7rg-2hpc-fj28 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-13417 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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