A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch 7.17.0’s upgrade assistant, in which upgrading from version 6.x to 7.x would disable the in-built protections on the security index, allowing authenticated users with “*” index permissions access to this index.
| Package (Ecosystem) | Introduced | Fixed | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch(Maven) | 7.16.0 | 7.17.1 | N/A |
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