CVE-2025-12148

Unauthorized access to fields protected by Field Masking (FM) for fields of type IP

Published Oct 29, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Search Guard versions 3.1.1 and earlier, Field Masking (FM) rules are improperly enforced on fields of type IP (IP Address).

While the content of these fields is properly redacted in the _source document returned by search operations, the results do return documents (hits) when searching based on a specific IP values. This allows to reconstruct the original contents of the field.

Workaround - If you cannot upgrade immediately, you can avoid the problem by using field level security (FLS) protection on fields of the affected types instead of field masking.

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 versions 3.1.1 and earlier, Field Masking (FM) rules are improperly enforced on fields of type IP (IP Address). While the content of these fields is properly redacted in the _source document returned by search operations, the results do return documents (hits) when searching based on a specific IP values. This allows to reconstruct the original contents of the field. Workaround - If you cannot upgrade immediately, you can avoid the problem by using field level security (FLS) protection on fields of the affected types instead of field masking.
Title Unauthorized access to fields protected by Field Masking (FM) for fields of type IP
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, 4:11 PM
Reserved
Oct 24, 2025, 11:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 29, 2025, 4:15 PM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 11:10 AM