Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2021 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2021-22137
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity information exposure in Elasticsearch from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In Elasticsearch versions before 7.11.2 and 6.8.15 a document disclosure flaw was found when Document or Field Level Security is used. Search queries do not properly preserve security permissions when executing certain cross-cluster search queries. This could result in the search disclosing the existence of documents the attacker should not be able to view. This could result in an attacker gaining additional insight into potentially sensitive indices.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | 7.11.2 | GHSA-hr65-qq6p-87r4 |
| Maven | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | 6.8.15 | GHSA-hr65-qq6p-87r4 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | before 7.11.2 and 6.8.15 |
Weakness: CWE-200
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-12-0-and-6-8-15-security-update/268125 x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM