High severity · published Sep 15, 2021
CVE-2021-22149
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
8.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Enterprise Search · Elastic
before 7.14.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22149
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22149
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-0-security-update/280344
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
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