CVE-2021-37937CWE-269

Elasticsearch privilege escalation

Medium · published November 22, 2023

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
53.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was found with how API keys are created with the Fleet-Server service account. When an API key is created with a service account, it is possible that the API key could be created with higher privileges than intended. Using this vulnerability, a compromised Fleet-Server service account could escalate themselves to a super-user.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00714 · 53.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2023-11-22T01:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 NOV 01:45Z
    Elasticsearch privilege escalation
    cvelistv5