CVE-2023-45807 | OpenSearch Issue with tenant read-only permissions

OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana following the license change in early 2021. There is an issue with the implementation of tenant permissions in OpenSearch Dashboards where authenticated users with read-only access to a tenant can perform create, edit and delete operations on index metadata of dashboards and visualizations in that tenant, potentially rendering them unavailable. This issue does not affect index data, only metadata. Dashboards correctly enforces read-only permissions when indexing and updating documents. This issue does not provide additional read access to data users don’t already have. This issue can be mitigated by disabling the tenants functionality for the cluster. Versions 1.3.14 and 2.11.0 contain a fix for this issue.

Published: 2023-10-16 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-45807 is rated Low Risk (30.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-45807

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.20% 0.09% -0.11%
2 2025-11-18 0.09% 0.20% +0.11%
3 2025-04-15 — 0.09% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-45807

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.8 2.5 [email protected]
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.8 2.5 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-45807

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-45807

GHSA-72q2-gwwf-6hrv · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — OpenSearch Issue with tenant read-only permissions

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-45807

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-45807 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (opensearch), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-45807
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-45807 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (opensearch), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 7, ignored 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45807

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-45807

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
amazon opensearch < 1.3.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:docker:*:*
amazon opensearch < 1.3.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:*
amazon opensearch >= 2.0.0, < 2.11.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:docker:*:*
amazon opensearch >= 2.0.0, < 2.11.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:amazon:opensearch:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:*

References for CVE-2023-45807

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