CVE-2025-12148
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-10-29
Last updated on: 2025-10-30
Assigner: floragunn GmbH
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| search_guard | search_guard | 3.1.1 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-732 | The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. |
| CWE-200 | The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
In Search Guard versions 3.1.1 and earlier, Field Masking rules are not properly enforced on IP address fields. Although the IP address content is redacted in the source document returned by search operations, the search results still return documents when searching for specific IP values. This behavior allows an attacker to reconstruct the original IP address content despite the masking.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized disclosure of IP address information. Even though the IP addresses are masked in the returned documents, an attacker can infer or reconstruct the original IP addresses by performing searches on specific IP values. This could compromise sensitive network information and potentially expose systems to further attacks.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
If you cannot upgrade immediately, you can mitigate this vulnerability by using field level security (FLS) protection on fields of the affected types instead of field masking.