TI-2023-25175 Aliases CVE-2023-46674 GHSA-rv74-m283-5j95

Elasticsearch-hadoop Unsafe Deserialization

LOW 34CWE-502Published 2023-12-05 · Updated 2024-08-28

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

An issue was identified that allowed the unsafe deserialization of java objects from hadoop or spark configuration properties that could have been modified by authenticated users. Elastic would like to thank Yakov Shafranovich, with Amazon Web Services for reporting this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00243 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Elasticsearch-Hadoop (Elastic): 7.17.11, 8.9.0org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop (Maven): 7.17.11, 8.9.0

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
Elastic	Elasticsearch-Hadoop	1.3.0 to before 7.17.11; 8.0.0 to before 8.9.0	7.17.11, 8.9.0	Patch available	CNA
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop (Maven)	before 7.17.11	7.17.11	Patch available	GHSA-rv74-m283-5j95
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop (Maven)	8.0.0 to before 8.9.0	8.9.0	Patch available	GHSA-rv74-m283-5j95

Elasticsearch-Hadoop VendorElastic Affected 1.3.0 to before 7.17.11; 8.0.0 to before 8.9.0 Fixed in 7.17.11, 8.9.0 Patch available CNA
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 7.17.11 Fixed in 7.17.11 Patch available GHSA-rv74-m283-5j95
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.9.0 Fixed in 8.9.0 Patch available GHSA-rv74-m283-5j95

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::	before 7.17.11; 8.0.0 to before 8.9.0	Vulnerable	Elastic

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.17.11; 8.0.0 to before 8.9.0 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

Fix · CNA Elasticsearch-Hadoop (Elastic) Fixed in 7.17.11, 8.9.0
Fix · GHSA-rv74-m283-5j95 org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop (Maven) Fixed in 7.17.11 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-rv74-m283-5j95 org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop (Maven) Fixed in 8.9.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 1 product

Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46674
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rv74-m283-5j95

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop

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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

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Sources

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