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CVE-2021-22137

In Elasticsearch versions before 7.11.2 and 6.8.15 a document disclosure flaw was found when Document or Field Level Security is used. Search queries do not properly preserve security permissions when executing certain cross-cluster search queries. This could result in the search disclosing the existence of documents the attacker should not be able to view. This could result in an attacker…

Severity
Medium 5.3
Published
13 May 2021
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
6.8.15, 7.11.2
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
ElasticsearchServers and applications · cpe:a:elastic:elasticsearch
  • Every version before 6.8.15
  • From 7.11.0 before 7.11.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22137
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22137