CVE-2021-22146 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 35.8% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 35.78% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2021-07-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| elastic | elasticsearch |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Elasticsearch ECE 7.13.3 - Anonymous Database Dump | 2021-07-26 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163655/Elasticsearch-ECE-7.13.3-Database-Disclosure.html
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-security-update/279180
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0005/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163655/Elasticsearch-ECE-7.13.3-Database-Disclosure.html
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-security-update/279180
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0005/
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