GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-2rjv-cv85-xhgm OpenSearch unauthorized data access on fields protected by field level security if field is a member of an object

MEDIUM Published 2025-08-01 Modified 2025-08-01 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200
Reviewed
2025-08-01

Affected packages

• Maven org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security: < 2.19.3.0 → fixed in 2.19.3.0

Description

Impact OpenSearch versions 2.19.2 and earlier improperly apply Field Level Security (FLS) rules on fields which are not at the top level of the source document tree (i.e., which are members of a JSON object). If an FLS exclusion rule (like `~object`) is applied to an object valued attribute in a source document, the object is properly removed from the `_source` document in search and get results. However, any member attribute of that object remains available to search queries. This allows to reconstruct the original field contents using range queries. Patches The issue has been resolved in OpenSearch 3.0.0 and OpenSearch 2.19.3. Workarounds If FLS exclusion rules are used for object valued attributes (like `~object`), add an additional exclusion rule for the members of the object (like `~object.*`).

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References