CVE-2021-22145 EXPLOIT
6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 76.2% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 76.25% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-200 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2021-07-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| elastic | elasticsearch |
| oracle | communications cloud native core automated test suite |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | ElasticSearch 7.13.3 - Memory disclosure | 2021-07-23 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163648/ElasticSearch-7.13.3-Memory-Disclosure.html
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-4-security-update/279177
- https://gist.github.com/lucasdrufva/f9c5d7c9e26ee087b736d727953afd34
- 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
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-4-security-update/279177
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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