High · published October 15, 2025
⚡ A trust-all SSL strategy? That's like a bank accepting every ID without checking if it's real! 🏦 Imagine a restaurant where the chef uses any ingredient brought to them without checking if it's safe — that’s what happens here! The OpenSearch Data Prepper is accepting SSL certificates without validating them, leaving your data vulnerable to unwanted cooks in the kitchen. An attacker could intercept and modify data as it flows between your OpenSearch clusters, leading to possibly devastating consequences like data breaches or unauthorized access. This could compromise the integrity of your observability data, making it unreliable or even malicious. In short, your data could be tampered with while it’s on the way, like a recipe being sabotaged before it reaches the table!
Imagine a restaurant where the chef uses any ingredient brought to them without checking if it's safe — that’s what happens here! The OpenSearch Data Prepper is accepting SSL certificates without validating them, leaving your data vulnerable to unwanted cooks in the kitchen. This vulnerability in OpenSearch Data Prepper allows the sink and source plugins to trust all SSL certificates by default when no certificate path is provided, effectively bypassing SSL validation and facilitating man-in-the-middle attacks.
An attacker could intercept and modify data as it flows between your OpenSearch clusters, leading to possibly devastating consequences like data breaches or unauthorized access. This could compromise the integrity of your observability data, making it unreliable or even malicious. In short, your data could be tampered with while it’s on the way, like a recipe being sabotaged before it reaches the table! To secure your setup, upgrade to version 2.12.2 immediately. Also, enhance your configuration by specifying the cert parameter with the path to your cluster's CA certificate to ensure proper validation going forward. Don't wait—lock this down now! You've got this! Follow these steps, and you'll ensure your data flows safely and securely. 🛡️
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon/opensearch_data_prepper | < 2.12.2 | 2.12.2 |