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CVE-2021-22145GHSA-Q394-H7F5-7F44BIT-ELASTICSEARCH-2021-22145

A memory disclosure vulnerability was identified in Elasticsearch 7.10.0 to 7.13.3 error reporting.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 7.13.4
1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 1 proof of concept on GitHub, 1 Nuclei template

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-50149

  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • Elastic Elasticsearch

    From 7.10.0 · through 7.13.3

  • org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-clientMaven

    From 7.10.0 · fixed in 7.13.4

References 9

oracle.com

security.netapp.com

discuss.elastic.co

packetstormsecurity.com

gist.github.com

Exploit-DB

GitHub · rapid7/metasploit-framework

GitHub · projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates

GitHub · niceeeeeeee/CVE-2021-22145-poc