GHSA-q394-h7f5-7f44

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    GHSA-q394-h7f5-7f44

    Published: 24 May 2022Last Modified: 9 Jul 2025

    Summary: Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in Elasticsearch

    Details: A memory disclosure vulnerability was identified in Elasticsearch 7.10.0 to 7.13.3 error reporting. A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to Elasticsearch could submit a malformed query that would result in an error message returned containing previously used portions of a data buffer. This buffer could contain sensitive information such as Elasticsearch documents or authentication details.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22145, https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-4-security-update/279177, https://gist.github.com/lucasdrufva/f9c5d7c9e26ee087b736d727953afd34, https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163648/ElasticSearch-7.13.3-Memory-Disclosure.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.client/elasticsearch-rest-client

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 7.10.0
    Fixed -7.13.4

    Affected versions

    7.10.0
    7.10.1
    7.10.2

    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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