TI-2021-05134 Aliases CVE-2021-22144 GHSA-3393-hvrj-w7v3

In Elasticsearch versions before 7.13.3 and 6.8.17 an uncontrolled recursion…

LOW 34CWE-674Published 2021-07-26 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

In Elasticsearch versions before 7.13.3 and 6.8.17 an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability that could lead to a denial of service attack was identified in the Elasticsearch Grok parser. A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to Elasticsearch could create a malicious Grok query that will crash the Elasticsearch node.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02442 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 6.8.17, 7.13.3Red Hat: 6 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)	before 6.8.17	6.8.17	Patch available	GHSA-3393-hvrj-w7v3
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)	7.0.0-alpha1 to before 7.13.3	7.13.3	Patch available	GHSA-3393-hvrj-w7v3

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 6.8.17 Fixed in 6.8.17 Patch available GHSA-3393-hvrj-w7v3
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0-alpha1 to before 7.13.3 Fixed in 7.13.3 Patch available GHSA-3393-hvrj-w7v3

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::	before 6.8.17; 7.0.0 to before 7.13.3	Vulnerable	Elastic
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite:1.8.0:::::::*	1.8.0	Vulnerable	Oracle

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.8.17; 7.0.0 to before 7.13.3 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-3393-hvrj-w7v3 org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 6.8.17 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-3393-hvrj-w7v3 org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 7.13.3 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
OpenShift Service Mesh 1	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Decision Manager 7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Process Automation 7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Not affected: 6 products

Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0
Red Hat Fuse 7
Red Hat Integration Camel K 1
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-22144
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3393-hvrj-w7v3

References

Patch 1

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006

Sources

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