CVE-2021-22147
mediumpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Elasticsearch before 7.14.0 did not apply document and field level security to searchable snapshots. This could lead to an authenticated user gaining access to information that they are unauthorized to view.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (10)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-1375JFrog Artifactory: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-09-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in JFrog Artifactory ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen.
- GHSA-45h5-r968-5xr7Exposure of sensitive information in Elasticsearch2021-09-20ghsa · osvUS
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch where document and field level security was not applied to searchable snapshots. This could lead to an authenticated user gaining access to information that they are unauthorized to view.
- BIT-elasticsearch-2021-221472024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Elasticsearch before 7.14.0 did not apply document and field level security to searchable snapshots. This could lead to an authenticated user gaining access to information that they are unauthorized to view.
also known as (5)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202108-358cnnvd
- EUVD-2021-1968enisa_euvd
- GHSA-45h5-r968-5xr7enisa_euvd
- BIT-elasticsearch-2021-22147osv
- GHSA-45h5-r968-5xr7osv
sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-22147cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-0-security-update/280344cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22147cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0002/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Elasticsearch-information-disclosure-via-Searchable-Snapshots-36035cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.4283cnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6526540cnnvd
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