Improper check for unusual conditions in elasticsearch
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-754Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
A Denial of Service flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch. Using this vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker could forcibly shut down an Elasticsearch node with a specifically formatted network request.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0755 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 8.2.1Red Hat: 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | elasticsearch | versions 8.0.0 through 8.2.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) | 8.0.0 to before 8.2.1 | 8.2.1 | Patch available | GHSA-wh6w-69xc-5rq5 |
- elasticsearch VendorElastic Affected versions 8.0.0 through 8.2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.2.1 Fixed in 8.2.1 Patch available GHSA-wh6w-69xc-5rq5
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-wh6w-69xc-5rq5 org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 8.2.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Decision Manager 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 13 products
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1
- Red Hat Integration Data Virtualisation Operator
- Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
- Red Hat build of Quarkus
- Service Telemetry Framework 1.3 for RHEL 8
- Service Telemetry Framework 1.4 for RHEL 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23712
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wh6w-69xc-5rq5
References
Advisory 4
More Elasticsearch vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-01295 The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-02491 The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2023-15037 Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-05135 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2021-05136 All versions of Elastic Cloud Enterprise has the Elasticsearch “anonymous” user enabled… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-04530 Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-23712 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-23712 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wh6w-69xc-5rq5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-23712 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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