CVE-2022-23712

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.075 · 94 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

7.55% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A Denial of Service flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch. Using this vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker could forcibly shut down an Elasticsearch node with a specifically formatted network request.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-754USCWE-754USCWE-754US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Elastic Elasticsearch≤ versions 8.0.0 through 8.2.0enisa_euvdEU
Elastic NV Elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.2.1fstec_bduRU
elastic elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.2.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.2.1osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-wh6w-69xc-5rq5Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Elasticsearch2022-06-07ghsa · osvUS
A Denial of Service flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch 8.0.0 through 8.2.0. Using this vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker could forcibly shut down an Elasticsearch node with a specifically formatted network request. Version 8.2.1 contains a patch.
BIT-elasticsearch-2022-237122024-03-06vendor · osvUS
A Denial of Service flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch. Using this vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker could forcibly shut down an Elasticsearch node with a specifically formatted network request.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-06-06modified 2026-06-17

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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