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    CVE-2021-22146

    All versions of Elastic Cloud Enterprise has the Elasticsearch “anonymous” user enabled by default in deployed clusters. While in the default setting the anonymous user has no permissions and is unable to successfully query any Elasticsearch APIs, an attacker could leverage the anonymous user to gain insight into certain details of a deployed cluster.

    Published:Jul 21, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 21, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.29897
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Elastic
    Product
    Elasticsearch

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163655/Elasticsearch-ECE-7.13.3-Database-Disclosure.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163655/Elasticsearch-ECE-7.13.3-Database-Disclosure.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50152https://github.com/magichk/cve-2021-22146

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High