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CVE-2019-7611

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-7611 is a permission issue affecting Elasticsearch versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1. It arises when Field Level Security and Document Level Security are disabled, allowing certain permission checks to be bypassed when using _aliases, _shrink, or _split endpoints. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though requiring high attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.6.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0.0, < 6.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 (8)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchFixed in: 5.6.15
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchFixed in: 6.6.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Decision Manager 7Fixed in: elasticsearch
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Process Automation 7Fixed in: elasticsearch
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: elasticsearch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift3/ose-logging-elasticsearch5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: elasticsearch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-logging-elasticsearch5

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-fj32-6v7m-57pghigh

Improper Access Control in Elasticsearch

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-7611Moderate

elasticsearch: Improper permission issue when attaching a new name to an index

Feb 19, 2019

References

discuss.elastic.co / t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
Vendor Advisory
elastic.co / community/security
Vendor Advisory