CVE-2022-35980
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
OpenSearch Security is a plugin for OpenSearch that offers encryption, authentication and authorization. Versions 2.0.0.0 and 2.1.0.0 of the security plugin are affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. Requests to an OpenSearch cluster configured with advanced access control features document level security (DLS), field level security (FLS), and/or field masking will not be filtered when the query's search pattern matches an aliased index. OpenSearch Dashboards creates an alias to `.kibana` by default, so filters with the index pattern of `*` to restrict access to documents or fields will not be applied. This issue allows requests to access sensitive information when customer have acted to restrict access that specific information. OpenSearch 2.2.0, which is compatible with OpenSearch Security 2.2.0.0, contains the fix for this issue. There is no recommended work around.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (4)
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- Maven org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security2.0.0.0 → 2.2.0.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.opensearch.plugin/opensearch-security
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-f4qr-f4xx-hjxwOpenSearch vulnerable to Improper Authorization of Index Containing Sensitive Information2022-08-12ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Requests to an OpenSearch cluster configured with advanced access control features ([document level security (DLS)](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/security-plugin/access-control/document-level-security/), [field level security (FLS)](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/security-plugin/access-control/field-level-security/), and/or [field masking](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/security-plugin/access-control/field-masking/)) will not be filtered when the query's search pattern matches an aliased index. OpenSearch Dashboards creates an alias to `.kibana` by default, so filters with the index pattern of `*` to restrict access to documents or fields will not be applied. This issue allows requests to access sensitive information when customer have acted to restrict access that specific information. ### Patches OpenSearch 2.2.0+ contains the fix for this issue. OpenSearch Security Plugin 2.2.0.0 is compatible with OpenSearch 2.2.0. ### Workarounds There is no recommended work around. ### References See pull request #1999 for additional details. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory we ask that contact AWS/Amazon Security via our [vulnerability reporting page](http://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting/) or directly via email to aws-security@amazon.com. Please do **not** create a public GitHub issue.
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references (10)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-35980/cnnvd
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/commit/7eaaafec2939d7db23a02ffca9cc68e0343de246cnnvd
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/1999cnnvd
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-f4qr-f4xx-hjxwcnnvd
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/commit/7eaaafec2939d7db23a02ffca9cc68e0343de246enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/1999enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-f4qr-f4xx-hjxwenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/commit/7eaaafec2939d7db23a02ffca9cc68e0343de246PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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