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Elastic Elasticsearch Information Disclosure Vulnerability (ESA-2021-18)

🗓️ 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146711");
  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:"2021-09-16 07:40:35 +0000 (Thu, 16 Sep 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-09-25 11:20:00 +0000 (Sat, 25 Sep 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-22147");

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

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

  script_name("Elastic Elasticsearch Information Disclosure Vulnerability (ESA-2021-18)");

  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 an information disclosure vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch where document and field
  level security was not applied to searchable snapshots. This could lead to an authenticated user
  gaining access to information that they are unauthorized to view.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Elasticsearch version 7.11.0 through 7.13.4.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.14.0 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-0-security-update/280344");

  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_in_range(version: version, test_version: "7.11.0", test_version2: "7.13.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.14.0", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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03 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
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