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CVE-2022-41918

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-41918 affects OpenSearch versions prior to 1.3.7 and 2.4.0, where fine-grained access control rules (document-level, field-level security, and field masking) are not correctly applied to data stream-backed indices. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) allows an authenticated attacker to potentially bypass intended access restrictions, leading to unauthorized disclosure or modification of data. There is no known public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to patched versions as no workarounds exist.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:docker:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:docker:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-securityFixed in: 1.3.7
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-securityFixed in: 2.4.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jggmedium

OpenSearch has issue with fine-grained access control of indices backing data streams

Mar 7, 2023

References

github.com / opensearch-project/security/commit/f7cc569c9d3fa5d5432c76c854eed280d45ce6f4
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jgg
Third Party Advisory