CVE-2025-12147

Unauthorized access to fields protected by Field-Level Security (FLS) when those fields are members of an object

Published Oct 29, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Search Guard FLX versions 3.1.1 and earlier, Field-Level Security (FLS) rules are improperly enforced on object-valued fields.


When an FLS exclusion rule (e.g., ~field) is applied to a field which contains an object as its value, the object is correctly removed from the _source returned by search operations. However, the object members (i.e., child attributes) remain accessible to search queries. This exposure allows adversaries to infer or reconstruct the original contents of the excluded object.




Workaround - If you cannot upgrade immediately and FLS exclusion rules are used for object valued attributes (like ~object), add an additional exclusion rule for the members of the object (like ~object.*).

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Search-guard
Search-guard search Guard
Vendors & Products Search-guard
Search-guard search Guard
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In Search Guard FLX versions 3.1.1 and earlier, Field-Level Security (FLS) rules are improperly enforced on object-valued fields. When an FLS exclusion rule (e.g., ~field) is applied to a field which contains an object as its value, the object is correctly removed from the _source returned by search operations. However, the object members (i.e., child attributes) remain accessible to search queries. This exposure allows adversaries to infer or reconstruct the original contents of the excluded object. Workaround - If you cannot upgrade immediately and FLS exclusion rules are used for object valued attributes (like ~object), add an additional exclusion rule for the members of the object (like ~object.*).
Title Unauthorized access to fields protected by Field-Level Security (FLS) when those fields are members of an object
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-732
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
floragunn
Published
Updated
Oct 29, 2025, 3:53 PM
Reserved
Oct 24, 2025, 11:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 29, 2025, 4:15 PM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 11:10 AM