CVE-2021-37937
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-22 01:45
Modified
2024-08-04 01:30
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
bressers@elastic.cohttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077Vendor Advisory
bressers@elastic.cohttps://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Elastic Elasticsearch Version: 7.13.0   ≤
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