CVE-2021-37937

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    CVE-2021-37937

    Published: 22 Nov 2023Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    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

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 5ca8591c6fcdb1260ce95b08a8e023559635c6f3
    Fixed -None

    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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