elasticsearch auth_error ai_generated true

ElasticsearchSecurityException: missing authentication credentials

ID: elasticsearch/xpack-security-exception

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85%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

Security plugin rejected request due to missing/invalid credentials.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 92% success Configure API key or user credentials in client connection
  2. 88% success Create role-specific users: POST _security/user

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Disable xpack.security.enabled 92% fail

    No authentication or encryption

  2. Use elastic superuser for all applications 82% fail

    Excessive privilege