vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2019-7611)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 25, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 25, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A permission issue was found in Elasticsearch when Field Level Security and Document Level Security are disabled and the _aliases, _shrink, or _split endpoints are used . If the elasticsearch.yml file has xpack.security.dls_fls.enabled set to false, certain permission checks are skipped when users perform one of the actions mentioned above, to make existing data available under a new index/alias name. This could result in an attacker gaining additional permissions against a restricted index.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2019-7611
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-7611
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-3790
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201902-27
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- CWE-284
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-3790
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