{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12539","details":"An issue was discovered where improper authorization controls affected certain queries that could allow a malicious actor to circumvent Document Level Security in Elasticsearch and get access to documents that their roles would normally not allow.","modified":"2025-10-24T05:06:48Z","published":"2024-12-17T21:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-12539"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-12539"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12539"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-16-2-8-17-0-security-update/372091"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elasticsearch","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/elasticsearch@1.7.3+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.6.2+dfsg-1","1.7.3+dfsg-1","1.7.3+dfsg-2","1.7.3+dfsg-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.7.3+dfsg-3","binary_name":"elasticsearch"},{"binary_name":"libelasticsearch1.7-java","binary_version":"1.7.3+dfsg-3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12539.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}