Use system context for looking up connected nodes (#43991)

When finding nodes in a connected cluster for cross cluster
search the requests to get cluster state on the connected
cluster should be made in the system context because
logically they are equivalent to checking a single detail
in the local cluster state and should not require that the
user who made the request that is using this method in its
implementation is authorized to view the entire cluster
state.

Fixes #43974

server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnection.java

@@ -192,39 +192,52 @@ void ensureConnected(ActionListener<Void> voidActionListener) {
     /**
      * Collects all nodes on the connected cluster and returns / passes a nodeID to {@link DiscoveryNode} lookup function
      * that returns <code>null</code> if the node ID is not found.
+     *
+     * The requests to get cluster state on the connected cluster are made in the system context because logically
+     * they are equivalent to checking a single detail in the local cluster state and should not require that the
+     * user who made the request that is using this method in its implementation is authorized to view the entire
+     * cluster state.
      */
     void collectNodes(ActionListener<Function<String, DiscoveryNode>> listener) {
         Runnable runnable = () -> {
-            final ClusterStateRequest request = new ClusterStateRequest();
-            request.clear();
-            request.nodes(true);
-            request.local(true); // run this on the node that gets the request it's as good as any other
-            final DiscoveryNode node = getAnyConnectedNode();
-            Transport.Connection connection = connectionManager.getConnection(node);
-            transportService.sendRequest(connection, ClusterStateAction.NAME, request, TransportRequestOptions.EMPTY,
-                new TransportResponseHandler<ClusterStateResponse>() {
-
-                    @Override
-                    public ClusterStateResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-                        return new ClusterStateResponse(in);
-                    }
+            final ThreadContext threadContext = threadPool.getThreadContext();
+            final ContextPreservingActionListener<Function<String, DiscoveryNode>> contextPreservingActionListener =
+                new ContextPreservingActionListener<>(threadContext.newRestorableContext(false), listener);
+            try (ThreadContext.StoredContext ignore = threadContext.stashContext()) {
+                // we stash any context here since this is an internal execution and should not leak any existing context information
+                threadContext.markAsSystemContext();
+
+                final ClusterStateRequest request = new ClusterStateRequest();
+                request.clear();
+                request.nodes(true);
+                request.local(true); // run this on the node that gets the request it's as good as any other
+                final DiscoveryNode node = getAnyConnectedNode();
+                Transport.Connection connection = connectionManager.getConnection(node);
+                transportService.sendRequest(connection, ClusterStateAction.NAME, request, TransportRequestOptions.EMPTY,
+                    new TransportResponseHandler<ClusterStateResponse>() {
+
+                        @Override
+                        public ClusterStateResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+                            return new ClusterStateResponse(in);
+                        }
 
-                    @Override
-                    public void handleResponse(ClusterStateResponse response) {
-                        DiscoveryNodes nodes = response.getState().nodes();
-                        listener.onResponse(nodes::get);
-                    }
+                        @Override
+                        public void handleResponse(ClusterStateResponse response) {
+                            DiscoveryNodes nodes = response.getState().nodes();
+                            contextPreservingActionListener.onResponse(nodes::get);
+                        }
 
-                    @Override
-                    public void handleException(TransportException exp) {
-                        listener.onFailure(exp);
-                    }
+                        @Override
+                        public void handleException(TransportException exp) {
+                            contextPreservingActionListener.onFailure(exp);
+                        }
 
-                    @Override
-                    public String executor() {
-                        return ThreadPool.Names.SAME;
-                    }
-                });
+                        @Override
+                        public String executor() {
+                            return ThreadPool.Names.SAME;
+                        }
+                    });
+            }
         };
         try {
             // just in case if we are not connected for some reason we try to connect and if we fail we have to notify the listener