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CVE-2024-12539

An issue was discovered where improper authorization controls affected certain queries that could allow a malicious actor to circumvent Document Level Security in Elasticsearch and get access to documents that their roles would normally not allow.

Severity
Medium 6.0
Published
17 Dec 2024
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
8.16.2
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
ElasticsearchServers and applications · cpe:a:elastic:elasticsearch
  • From 8.16.0 before 8.16.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12539
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12539