An issue in the Elasticsearch plugin of Appsmith v1.7.11 allows attackers to connect disallowed hosts to the AWS/GCP internal metadata endp…

published 2022-09-12 4y ago modified 2026-09-08 2mo ago also BIT-appsmith-2022-38299 , EUVD-2022-40891

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue in the Elasticsearch plugin of Appsmith v1.7.11 allows attackers to connect disallowed hosts to the AWS/GCP internal metadata endpoint.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

bitnami appsmith 1.7.12

github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith#15834 pull request

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Exploit prediction

0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	appsmith	>=1.7.11, <1.7.12	1.7.12

References

github.com /appsmithorg/appsmith/pull/15834
issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38299
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