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Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with limited index privileges to exploit insufficient authorization controls in the ingest simulation feature. By ta…

Medium CVSS 5.3
CVECVE-2026-56144
First seen2026-08-08 02:16 UTC
Disclosed2026-07-21 20:17 UTC
Last updated2026-08-08 02:16 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with limited index privileges to exploit insufficient authorization controls in the ingest simulation feature. By targeting indices they are not authorized to access directly, the user can cause those indices' configured ingest pipelines to execute and return their output, potentially disclosing data processed or enriched by those pipelines. Additionally, the same feature can be used to retrieve index mapping met…

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

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Lint boundary warnings (1)

The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).

  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-18-9-3-7-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-56/388555

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD