BIT-elasticsearch-2021-37937

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    BIT-elasticsearch-2021-37937

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary: Elasticsearch privilege escalation

    Details: An issue was found with how API keys are created with the Fleet-Server service account. When an API key is created with a service account, it is possible that the API key could be created with higher privileges than intended. Using this vulnerability, a compromised Fleet-Server service account could escalate themselves to a super-user.

    References: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077, https://www.elastic.co/community/security, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37937

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: elasticsearch

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/elasticsearch

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 7.13.0
    Fixed -7.14.1

    Affected versions

    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
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