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GHSA-28gg-8qqj-fhh5 json

OpenSearch Data Prepper uses deprecated SSL protocol identifier

published last yr. modified last yr.

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

### Impact

The GeoIP processor and Kafka source and buffer were using the deprecated "SSL" protocol identifier when creating SSL contexts, potentially allowing the use of insecure SSL protocols instead of modern TLS versions.

Multiple Data Prepper plugins used `SSLContext.getInstance("SSL")` which could potentially allow the use of deprecated SSL protocols (SSLv2, SSLv3) that have known security vulnerabilities. While modern Java implementations typically default to secure TLS versions even with the "SSL" identifier, explicitly using "TLS" ensures that only secure TLS protocols are negotiated.

The affected components were:

* GeoIP Processor: The `DBSource.initiateSSL()` method used for downloading GeoIP databases from external sources

* Kafka Plugin: Both `CustomClientSslEngineFactory` and `InsecureSslEngineFactory` classes used for Kafka client connections

This could potentially allow connections to negotiate weaker SSL protocols instead of enforcing modern TLS versions, reducing the security of data transmission.

### Patches

Data Prepper 2.12.2 contains a fix for this issue.

### Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible:

1. Ensure your Java runtime is configured to disable deprecated SSL protocols 2. Use network-level controls to enforce TLS-only connections 3. Use external tools to verify that deprecated SSL protocols are not allowed.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins:geoip-processor 2.12.2

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins:geoip-processor
>=2.4.0, <2.12.2
2.12.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

Sources

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