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CVE-2022-41918

Issue with fine-grained access control of indices backing data streams

6.3 MediumFix available

OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied to the indices that back data streams potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. OpenSearch 1.3.7 and 2.4.0 contain a fix for this issue. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.48%Down 0.4 points since Nov 16, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.3

Issue with fine-grained access control of indices backing data streams

OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied to the indices that back data streams potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. OpenSearch 1.3.7 and 2.4.0 contain a fix for this issue. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Record
CVE-2022-41918
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-863, CWE-612
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-1133 6.3

OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied to the indices that back data streams potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. OpenSearch 1.3.7 and 2.4.0 contain a fix for this issue. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Record
EUVD-2023-1133
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jgg 6.3

OpenSearch has issue with fine-grained access control of indices backing data streams

Impact

There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied to the indices that back data streams potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. This issue can only be triggered by authenticated users authorized to read those data streams which are backed by the impacted indexes. Additionally, existing privileged users cannot access random indexes within these clusters; they can only access indexes to which they have already been granted permission.

Patches

OpenSearch 1.3.7 and 2.4.0 contain a fix for this issue.

Workarounds

There is no recommended work around.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please contact AWS/Amazon Security via our issue reporting page (https://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting/) or directly via email to [email protected]. Please do not create a public GitHub issue.

Record
GHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jgg
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-612, CWE-863
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.3

OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied to the indices that back data streams potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. OpenSearch 1.3.7 and 2.4.0 contain a fix for this issue. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Record
CVE-2022-41918
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-612, CWE-863
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.3

Issue with fine-grained access control of indices backing data streams

OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied to the indices that back data streams potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. OpenSearch 1.3.7 and 2.4.0 contain a fix for this issue. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Record
CVE-2022-41918
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-612, CWE-863
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jgg 6.3

OpenSearch has issue with fine-grained access control of indices backing data streams

Impact

There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied to the indices that back data streams potentially leading to incorrect access authorization. This issue can only be triggered by authenticated users authorized to read those data streams which are backed by the impacted indexes. Additionally, existing privileged users cannot access random indexes within these clusters; they can only access indexes to which they have already been granted permission.

Patches

OpenSearch 1.3.7 and 2.4.0 contain a fix for this issue.

Workarounds

There is no recommended work around.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please contact AWS/Amazon Security via our issue reporting page (https://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting/) or directly via email to [email protected]. Please do not create a public GitHub issue.

Record
GHSA-wmx7-x4jp-9jgg
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-612, CWE-863
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security
Maven
before 1.3.7
1.3.7
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security
Maven
2.0.0 up to 2.4.0
2.4.0
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security
Maven
2.0.0 up to 2.4.0, plus listed versions
2.1.0.02.2.0.02.2.1.02.3.0.0
2.4.0

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-41918 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Amazon Opensearch, published November 15, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. Fixed in org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security 1.3.7.

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