Improper Access Control Affecting org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch package, versions [7.11.0, 7.14.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about Improper Access Control vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGELASTICSEARCH-1536746
  • published5 Aug 2021
  • disclosed3 Aug 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-22147  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch to version 7.14.0 or higher.

Overview

org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch is a Distributed, RESTful Search Engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch where document and field level security was not applied to searchable snapshots. This could lead to an authenticated user gaining access to information that they are unauthorized to view.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1