VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-22137

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • security@elastic.co: CWE-200
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-281

Primary references