CVE-2021-22145
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163648/ElasticSearch-7.13.3-Memory-Disclosure.html
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-4-security-update/279177
- https://gist.github.com/lucasdrufva/f9c5d7c9e26ee087b736d727953afd34
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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