VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-22145

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability76.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-07-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

A memory disclosure vulnerability was identified in Elasticsearch 7.10.0 to 7.13.3 error reporting. A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to Elasticsearch could submit a malformed query that would result in an error message returned containing previously used portions of a data buffer. This buffer could contain sensitive information such as Elasticsearch documents or authentication details.

Weakness classification

  • security@elastic.co: CWE-200
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-209

Primary references