ghsa-q394-h7f5-7f44
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 19:08
Modified
2025-07-09 15:02
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in Elasticsearch
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 7.13.3"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.10.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.13.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-22145"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200",
      "CWE-209"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-22T18:23:29Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-07-21T15:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-q394-h7f5-7f44",
  "modified": "2025-07-09T15:02:17Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:08:49Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22145"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-4-security-update/279177"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/lucasdrufva/f9c5d7c9e26ee087b736d727953afd34"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163648/ElasticSearch-7.13.3-Memory-Disclosure.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in Elasticsearch"
}


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