CVE-2021-22145 (GCVE-0-2021-22145)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-21 11:20 – Updated: 2025-07-08 10:53
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
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Impacted products
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Affected:
7.10.0 , ≤ 7.13.3
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Credits
Lucas Drufva
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