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TI-2019-10089 Aliases CVE-2019-13420GHSA-8v5g-66mq-9cw8

Search Guard versions before 21.0 had an timing side channel issue when using the internal user database.

Priority LOW 29CWE-208Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-208.

Summary

Search Guard versions before 21.0 had an timing side channel issue when using the internal user database.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01192 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Search Guard (floragunn): 21.0Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
floragunnSearch Guardbefore 21.021.0Patch availableCNA
  • Search Guard Vendorfloragunn Affected before 21.0 Fixed in 21.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:search-guard:search_guard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 21.0Vulnerablefloragunn
  • cpe:2.3:a:search-guard:search_guard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 21.0 Vulnerable ·floragunn

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Search Guard (floragunn) Fixed in 21.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-13420
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8v5g-66mq-9cw8

References

Advisory 2

  • 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
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Sources

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