CVE-2024-23445 | Elasticsearch Remote Cluster Search Cross Cluster API Key insufficient restrictions

It was identified that if a cross-cluster API key https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.14/security-api-create-cross-cluster-api-key.html#security-api-create-cross-cluster-api-key-request-body  restricts search for a given index using the query or the field_security parameter, and the same cross-cluster API key also grants replication for the same index, the search restrictions are not enforced during cross cluster search operations and search results may include documents and terms that should not be returned. This issue only affects the API key based security model for remote clusters https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.14/remote-clusters.html#remote-clusters-security-models  that was previously a beta feature and is released as GA with 8.14.0

Published: 2024-06-12 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-23445 is rated Low Risk (38.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-23445

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 2026-06-15 0.21% 0.46% +0.25%
2 2026-04-30 0.27% 0.21% -0.06%
3 2025-12-28 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-23445

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-23445

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-23445

GHSA-4c7q-m7hc-pc92 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Elasticsearch Remote Cluster Search Cross Cluster API Key insufficient restrictions

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-23445

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23445
suse medium CVE-2024-23445 severity moderate: SUSE including 1 source package names (elasticsearch), 5 product×package rows across 5 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, … (5 product lines)): Known Not Affected 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23445/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-23445 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (elasticsearch), 9 status rows across 9 suites (focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 7, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23445

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-23445

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elastic elasticsearch >= 8.10.0, < 8.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-23445

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