OpenSearch Issue with tenant read-only permissions
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana following the license change in early 2021. There is an issue with the implementation of tenant permissions in OpenSearch Dashboards where authenticated users with read-only access to a tenant can perform create, edit and delete operations on index metadata of dashboards and visualizations in that tenant, potentially rendering them unavailable. This issue does not affect index data, only metadata. Dashboards correctly enforces read-only permissions when indexing and updating documents. This issue does not provide additional read access to data users don’t already have. This issue can be mitigated by disabling the tenants functionality for the cluster. Versions 1.3.14 and 2.11.0 contain a fix for this issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | security | before 1.3.14.0; 2.0.0.0 to before 2.11.0.0 | 1.3.14.0, 2.11.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security (Maven) | 2.0.0.0 to before 2.11.0.0 | 2.11.0.0 | Patch available | GHSA-72q2-gwwf-6hrv |
| — | org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security (Maven) | before 1.3.14.0 | 1.3.14.0 | Patch available | GHSA-72q2-gwwf-6hrv |
- security VendorAWS Affected before 1.3.14.0; 2.0.0.0 to before 2.11.0.0 Fixed in 1.3.14.0, 2.11.0.0 Patch available CNA
- org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0.0 to before 2.11.0.0 Fixed in 2.11.0.0 Patch available GHSA-72q2-gwwf-6hrv
- org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.14.0 Fixed in 1.3.14.0 Patch available GHSA-72q2-gwwf-6hrv
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:docker:*:* | before 1.3.14.0 | Vulnerable | AWS |
| cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:* | before 1.3.14.0 | Vulnerable | AWS |
| cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:docker:*:* | 2.0.0 to before 2.11.0.0 | Vulnerable | AWS |
| cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:* | 2.0.0 to before 2.11.0.0 | Vulnerable | AWS |
- cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:docker:*:* Versions before 1.3.14.0 Vulnerable ·AWS
- cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:* Versions before 1.3.14.0 Vulnerable ·AWS
- cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:docker:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 2.11.0.0 Vulnerable ·AWS
- cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 2.11.0.0 Vulnerable ·AWS
Remediation
- Fix · CNA security (opensearch-project) Fixed in 1.3.14.0, 2.11.0.0
- Fix · GHSA-72q2-gwwf-6hrv org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security (Maven) Fixed in 2.11.0.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-72q2-gwwf-6hrv org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.14.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-45807
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-72q2-gwwf-6hrv
References
More AWS Opensearch vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-13159 Unsafe YAML deserialization in opensearch-ruby CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-08817 OpenSearch 3.2.0 - Nested Boolean/Disjunction asymmetric DoS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2022-16405 OpenSearch vulnerable to Improper Authorization of Index Containing Sensitive Information CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-09441 Issue with whitespace in JWT roles in OpenSearch CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-11077 Time discrepancy in authentication responses in OpenSearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2023-09442 Field-level security issue with .keyword fields in OpenSearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-45807 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-45807 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-72q2-gwwf-6hrv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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