4.8

CVE-2021-22132: elastic elasticsearch Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 4.8v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22132GHSA-5fvx-2jj3-6mffBIT-elasticsearch-2021-22132
Published 14-01-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-22132 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in elastic elasticsearch. EPSS estimates a 1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.22%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-01-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Elasticsearch versions 7.7.0 to 7.10.1 contain an information disclosure flaw in the async search API. Users who execute an async search will improperly store the HTTP headers. An Elasticsearch user with the ability to read the .tasks index could obtain sensitive request headers of other users in the cluster. This issue is fixed in Elasticsearch 7.10.2

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

68%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 1.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elastic1 product
Oracle1 product
Org.elasticsearch1 product
  • elasticsearch≥ 7.7.0, < 7.10.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links