GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-43ff-rr26-8hx4 OpenSearch Data Prepper plugins trust all SSL certificates by default
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-62371
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins:opensearch
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
- Reviewed
- 2025-10-15
Affected packages
• Maven org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins:opensearch: < 2.12.2 → fixed in 2.12.2
Description
Impact
The OpenSearch sink and source plugins in Data Prepper are configured to trust all SSL certificates by default when no certificate path was provided, making connections vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
Prior to this fix, the OpenSearch sink and source plugins would automatically use a trust all SSL strategy when connecting to OpenSearch clusters if no certificate path was explicitly configured. This behavior bypassed SSL certificate validation, potentially allowing attackers to intercept and modify data in transit through man-in-the-middle attacks.
The vulnerability affects connections to OpenSearch when the `cert` parameter is not explicitly provided.
Patches
Data Prepper 2.12.2
Workarounds
If you cannot immediately upgrade to the fixed version, you can implement the following workaround.
OpenSearch sink
Add the `cert` parameter to your OpenSearch sink configuration with the path to your cluster's CA certificate. The following example shows how to accomplish this.
```
sink:
• opensearch:
hosts: ["https://your-opensearch-cluster:9200"]
cert: /path/to/your/ca-certificate.pem
```
OpenSearch source
Add the `cert` parameter to your OpenSearch sink configuration with the path to your cluster's CA certificate. The following example shows how to accomplish this.
```
sink:
• opensearch:
hosts: ["https://your-opensearch-cluster:9200"]
connection:
cert: /path/to/your/ca-certificate.pem
```
References
N/A
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-62371 OpenSearch Data Prepper as an open source data collector for observability data. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/data-prepper/security/advisories/GHSA-43ff-rr26-8hx4 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62371 advisory
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/data-prepper/commit/98fcf0d0ff9c18f1f7501e11dbed918814724b99 web
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/data-prepper/commit/b0386a5af3fb71094ba6c86cd8b2afc783246599 web
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/data-prepper/commit/db11ce8f27ebca018980b2bca863f7173de9ce56 web
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/data-prepper package