GHSA-m9gh-789g-q5pvMediumCVSS 6.8
Elasticsearch PKI Realm Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Allows User Impersonation Through Crafted Client Certificates
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Improper Authentication in Elasticsearch PKI realm can lead to user impersonation via specially crafted client certificates. A malicious actor would need to have such a crafted client certificate signed by a legitimate, trusted Certificate Authority.
🎯 Affected products6
- maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security:>= 7.0.0-alpha1, < 8.19.8
- maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security:>= 9.0.0-beta1, < 9.1.8
- maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security:>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2
- maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core:>= 7.0.0-alpha1, < 8.19.8
- maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core:>= 9.0.0-beta1, < 9.1.8
- maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core:>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37731
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-27/384063
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/cd97b8566bf56e628070021300784cb9cee0286f
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/d8a408da79f214395845d99d241e832077045983
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/e519fe4c51a3c887675eb7daea2f914738847f23
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m9gh-789g-q5pv