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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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