{"answers":{"affected":"5 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch and elasticsearch. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22137 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch to a fixed version for your release line: 6.8.15 or 7.11.2.","what":"CVE-2021-22137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, published on 13 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-22137 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-22137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, published on 13 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22137 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 6.8.15\n- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 6.8.15\n- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): affected from 7.11.0; fixed in 7.11.2\n- org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): affected from 7.11.0; fixed in 7.11.2\n- elasticsearch (Bitnami): affected all versions; fixed in 6.8.15, 7.11.2\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22137/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22137/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-22137","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22137/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-22137","record":{"aliases":["BIT-elasticsearch-2021-22137","GHSA-hr65-qq6p-87r4","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22137"],"analysis":{"component_type":"database","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Elasticsearch search engine","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass Document or Field Level Security in cross-cluster searches to reveal the existence of restricted documents, leaking sensitive index metadata.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"elastic","cpe":[{"product":"elasticsearch","vendor":"elastic"}],"cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-281","name":"Improper Preservation of Permissions"},{"id":"CWE-200","name":"Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":["Bitnami","Maven"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Elasticsearch","id":"CVE-2021-22137","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":"elastic:elasticsearch","products":["elastic:elasticsearch"],"type":"information_disclosure","year":"2021"},"n_packages":5,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Elasticsearch","id":"CVE-2021-22138"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["6.8.15","7.11.2"],"introduced":["0","7.11.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"elasticsearch","purl":"pkg:bitnami/elasticsearch","source":"BIT-elasticsearch-2021-22137"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["6.8.15"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-hr65-qq6p-87r4"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["6.8.15"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch","source":"GHSA-hr65-qq6p-87r4"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["7.11.2"],"introduced":["7.11.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-hr65-qq6p-87r4"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["7.11.2"],"introduced":["7.11.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch","source":"GHSA-hr65-qq6p-87r4"}],"prev":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Kibana","id":"CVE-2021-22136"},"products":["Elasticsearch"],"published":"2021-05-13","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2015-1427","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2015-02-17"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Elasticsearch Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2014-3120","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2014-07-28"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-5377","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-03-06"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Elasticsearch Leading to Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2026-72649","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-09-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in the Elasticsearch Machine Learning Native Inference Process","id":"CVE-2026-72642","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-13"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege Escalation Flaw in Elasticsearch","id":"CVE-2020-7014","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-06-03"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Improper Privilege Management in Elasticsearch","id":"CVE-2020-7009","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-03-31"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-03","vendors":["Elastic"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass Document or Field Level Security in cross-cluster searches to reveal the existence of restricted documents, leaking sensitive index metadata.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22137/"}