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01 Record

CVE-2021-22137

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: elastic
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 67.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-05-13 17:35Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 18:30Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-04
Assigning CNA
elastic
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
  • CWE-281Improper Preservation of PermissionsBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
150620728554babce60885c85ed3365bdc2f8fab7a50eacd1d3420e2362d11de

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
ElasticElasticsearchbefore 7.11.2 and 6.8.15—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • elasticsearch
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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