Elastic Elasticsearch Security < 5.6.15 / 6.x < 6.6.1 Permission Issue (ESA-2019-04)

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CPE = "cpe:/a:elastic:elasticsearch";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117170");
  script_version("2025-09-03T08:26:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-03 08:26:15 +0000 (Wed, 03 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-01-19 14:15:51 +0000 (Tue, 19 Jan 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-10-19 18:10:00 +0000 (Mon, 19 Oct 2020)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-7611");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable"); # nb: Only Elasticsearch Security affected.

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Elastic Elasticsearch Security < 5.6.15 / 6.x < 6.6.1 Permission Issue (ESA-2019-04)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_elastic_elasticsearch_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("elastic/elasticsearch/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Elasticsearch Security is prone to a permission issue.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This flaw could result in an attacker gaining additional permissions against
  a restricted index.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Elasticsearch Security versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.6.15, 6.6.1 or later.

  Users unable to update can change the xpack.security.dls_fls.enabled setting to true in their elasticsearch.yml
  file. The default setting for this option is true.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.elastic.co/community/security");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "5.6.15")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.6.15", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "6.0.0", test_version2: "6.6.0")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.6.1", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);