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CVE-2019-7611

A permission issue was found in Elasticsearch versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 when Field Level Security and Document Level Security are disabled and the _aliases, _shrink, or _split endpoints are used . If the elasticsearch.yml file has xpack.security.dls_fls.enabled set to false, certain permission checks are skipped when users perform one of the actions mentioned above, to make existing data…

Severity
High 8.1
Published
25 Mar 2019
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
5.6.15, 6.6.1
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
ElasticsearchServers and applications · cpe:a:elastic:elasticsearch
  • Every version before 5.6.15
  • From 6.0.0 before 6.6.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7611
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7611