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CVE-2021-22147Elasticsearch before 7.14.0 did not apply document and field level security to searchable snapshots. This could lead to an authenticated…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 36% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Elasticsearch before 7.14.0 did not apply document and field level security to searchable snapshots. This could lead to an authenticated user gaining access to information that they are unauthorized to view.
Timeline
ID reserved
By elastic
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
- affected versions 7.11.0 to 7.13.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.elasticsearch:elasticsearchGHSA-45h5-r968-5xr7 (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-0-security-update/280344 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-1968 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-45h5-r968-5xr7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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