GeoNetwork has ACL bypass on Elasticsearch search when request body omits query field

Summary GeoNetwork's Elasticsearch-backed search API is responsible for injecting access-control and visibility filters into every request before it reaches the underlying Elasticsearch index. Under certain request conditions, that filtering step does not run, allowing an unauthenticated user to...

Congressmen Call For DNI Clapper's Ouster

A group of six Congressmen have asked President Barack Obama to remove James Clapper as director of national intelligence as a result of his misstatements to Congress about the NSA’s dragnet data-collection programs. The group, led by Rep. Darrell Issa R-Calif., said that Clapper’s role as DNI “i...