# CVE-2017-12195: A flaw was found in all Openshift Enterprise versions using the openshift elasticsearch plugin.

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Red Hat OpenShift: all versions

## Description

A flaw was found in all Openshift Enterprise versions using the openshift elasticsearch plugin. An attacker with knowledge of the given name used to authenticate and access Elasticsearch can later access it without the token, bypassing authentication. This attack also requires that the Elasticsearch be configured with an external route, and the data accessed is limited to the indices.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat OpenShift, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3188
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12195
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3389

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