VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-37937

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.71%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-11-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

An issue was found with how API keys are created with the Fleet-Server service account. When an API key is created with a service account, it is possible that the API key could be created with higher privileges than intended. Using this vulnerability, a compromised Fleet-Server service account could escalate themselves to a super-user.

Weakness classification

  • security@elastic.co: CWE-269
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references