Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2021 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2021-22149
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity incorrect permission assignment in Elastic Enterprise Search from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Elastic Enterprise Search App Search versions before 7.14.0 are vulnerable to an issue where API keys were missing authorization via an alternate route. Using this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could utilize API keys belonging to higher privileged users.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic Enterprise Search | before 7.14.0 |
Weakness: CWE-732
References
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-0-security-update/280344 x_refsource_MISC