{"cve":"CVE-2023-25806","nvd":{"published":"2023-03-02T04:15:10.987","modified":"2026-06-17T05:42:01.667","status":"Modified","description":"OpenSearch Security is a plugin for OpenSearch that offers encryption, authentication and authorization. There is an observable discrepancy in the authentication response time between calls where the user provided exists and calls where it does not. This issue only affects calls using the internal basic identity provider (IdP), and not other externally configured IdPs. Patches were released in versions 1.3.9 and 2.6.0, there are no workarounds.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-203","CWE-208"],"references":["https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-c6wg-cm5x-rqvj","https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/security/advisories/GHSA-c6wg-cm5x-rqvj"],"products":["amazon:opensearch","amazon:opensearch_security"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:41.955480748+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-25806","score":0.00328,"percentile":0.25874,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-c6wg-cm5x-rqvj","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-c6wg-cm5x-rqvj","summary":"OpenSearch has time discrepancy in authentication responses","modified":"2023-11-08T04:11:55.748460Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security","purl":"pkg:maven/org.opensearch.plugin/opensearch-security","ranges":["<1.3.9"],"fixed":["1.3.9"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security","purl":"pkg:maven/org.opensearch.plugin/opensearch-security","ranges":[">=2.0.0 <2.6.0"],"fixed":["2.6.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}