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Elastic Elasticsearch Multiple Vulnerabilities (ESA-2021-06, ESA-2021-08)

🗓️ 14 May 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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Elasticsearch Multiple Vulnerabilities (ESA-2021-06, ESA-2021-08). Information disclosure and field disclosure flaws

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:elastic:elasticsearch";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.145940");
  script_version("2025-09-03T08:26:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-03 08:26:15 +0000 (Wed, 03 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-05-14 04:26:15 +0000 (Fri, 14 May 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-06-25 06:15:00 +0000 (Fri, 25 Jun 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-22135", "CVE-2021-22137");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Elastic Elasticsearch Multiple Vulnerabilities (ESA-2021-06, ESA-2021-08)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_elastic_elasticsearch_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("elastic/elasticsearch/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Elasticsearch is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exist:

  - CVE-2021-22135: Suggester & Profile API information disclosure flaw

  - CVE-2021-22137: Field disclosure flaw");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This could lead to disclosing the existence of documents and
  fields the attacker should not be able to view or result in an attacker gaining additional insight
  into potentially sensitive indices.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Elasticsearch versions prior to versions 6.8.15 or 7.12.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.8.15, 7.12.0 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-12-0-and-6-8-15-security-update/268125");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.8.15")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.8.15", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version =~ "7\." && version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "7.12.0")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.12.0", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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03 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.15.3
EPSS0.01162
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