Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2023 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2023-46666Elastic Sharepoint Online Python Connector Improper Access Control

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in Elastic Sharepoint Online Python Connector from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered when using Document Level Security and the SPO "Limited Access" functionality in Elastic Sharepoint Online Python Connector. If a user is assigned limited access permissions to an item on a Sharepoint site then that user would have read permissions to all content on the Sharepoint site through Elasticsearch.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Elastic Sharepoint Online Python Connector <8.10.3.0

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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