SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (GHSA-ccmr-qj26-845g)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413827

Description

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

- Elasticsearch Security versions 6.5.0 and 6.5.1 contain an XXE flaw in Machine Learning's
find_file_structure API. If a policy allowing external network access has been added to Elasticsearch's
Java Security Manager then an attacker could send a specially crafted request capable of leaking content
of local files on the Elasticsearch node. This could allow a user to access information that they should
not have access to. (CVE-2018-17247)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ccmr-qj26-845g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413827

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17247

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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: 12/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17247

BID: 106294

cwe: CWE-611