CVE-2021-22137 is a vulnerability in Elasticsearch
Published on May 13, 2021
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 executing certain cross-cluster search queries. This could result in the search disclosing the existence of documents the attacker should not be able to view. This could result in an attacker gaining additional insight into potentially sensitive indices.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2021-22137 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-22137
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Affected Versions
Elasticsearch Version before 7.11.2 and 6.8.15 is affected by CVE-2021-22137Exploit Probability
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