CVE-2021-37940 Server-side request forgery in Enterprisesearch
A malicious admin can exploit an SSRF vulnerability in the GitHub Enterprise Server integration to view non-public hosts, requiring specific integration configuration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-37940?
CVE-2021-37940 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Elastic Enterprisesearch, published on 7 Dec 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An information disclosure via GET request server-side request forgery vulnerability was discovered with the Workplace Search Github Enterprise Server integration. Using this vulnerability, a malicious Workplace Search admin could use the GHES integration to view hosts that might not be publicly accessible.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37940?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic Enterprise Search.
How do I fix CVE-2021-37940?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-37940 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2021-37940 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37940 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Enterprisesearch
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xj2x-h5m7-w8gv.