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TI-2021-05124 Aliases CVE-2021-22134GHSA-hwvv-438r-mhvj

Information disclosure in Elasticsearch

Priority LOW 22CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-863.

Summary

A document disclosure flaw was found in Elasticsearch versions after 7.6.0 and before 7.11.0 when Document or Field Level Security is used. Get requests do not properly apply security permissions when executing a query against a recently updated document. This affects documents that have been updated and not yet refreshed in the index. This could result in the search disclosing the existence of documents and fields the attacker should not be able to view.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01112 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 7.11.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticElasticsearchafter 7.6.0 and before 7.11.0—No fix listedCNA
—org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)7.6.0 to before 7.11.07.11.0Patch availableGHSA-hwvv-438r-mhvj
  • Elasticsearch VendorElastic Affected after 7.6.0 and before 7.11.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.6.0 to before 7.11.0 Fixed in 7.11.0 Patch available GHSA-hwvv-438r-mhvj

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.6.0 – 7.11.0VulnerableElastic
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.0VulnerableOracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.6.0 – 7.11.0 Vulnerable ·Elastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.0 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hwvv-438r-mhvj org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 7.11.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 10 products
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7
  • Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat Integration Camel K 1
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7
  • Red Hat Quay 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-22134
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hwvv-438r-mhvj

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2015-01295 The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-02491 The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-15037 Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-05135 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2021-05136 All versions of Elastic Cloud Enterprise has the Elasticsearch “anonymous” user enabled… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-04530 Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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