Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (GHSA-vpqm-88c4-x4cv)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419470

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Elasticsearch Security versions 6.4.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way request headers are applied to
 requests when using the Active Directory, LDAP, Native, or File realms. A request may receive headers
 intended for another request if the same username is being authenticated concurrently; when used with run
 as, this can result in the request running as the incorrect user. This could allow a user to access
 information that they should not have access to. (CVE-2018-17244)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vpqm-88c4-x4cv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419470

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17244

BID: 106318

cwe: CWE-200