CVE-2026-56144

Incorrect Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Information Disclosure

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Jul 21, 2026
Updated
Aug 26, 2026
Reserved
Jun 19, 2026

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Description

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with limited index privileges to exploit insufficient authorization controls in the ingest simulation feature. By targeting indices they are not authorized to access directly, the user can cause those indices' configured ingest pipelines to execute and return their output, potentially disclosing data processed or enriched by those pipelines. Additionally, the same feature can be used to retrieve index mapping metadata for indices the user are not authorized to access directly.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nelastic

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ElasticsearchElastic
  • 9.4.0 through 9.4.3Affected
  • 9.0.0 through 9.3.7Affected
  • 8.12.0 through 8.19.18Affected

References

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