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CVE-2023-23612

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-23612 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting OpenSearch versions 1.0.0-1.3.7 and 2.0.0-2.4.1. It allows authenticated users to potentially claim unauthorized roles due to improper handling of whitespace in JWT role claims from SAML or OpenID Connect Identity Providers. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low attack complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0.0, < 1.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-securityFixed in: 1.3.8
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-securityFixed in: 2.5.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-864v-6qj7-62qjmedium

Issue with whitespace in JWT roles in OpenSearch

Jan 24, 2023

References

github.com / opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/2.5.0
Third Party Advisory
github.com / opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-864v-6qj7-62qj
Third Party Advisory