CVE-2021-22145

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-22145  

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.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 1985039: CVE-2021-22145 elasticsearch: memory disclosure in error reporting
  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-22145