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Elastic Elasticsearch Java Vulnerability (ESA-2022-06)

🗓️ 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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Elasticsearch Java Vulnerability (ESA-2022-06) affects versions 6.8.x, 7.9.2, and later. Update to version 7.17.4, 8.2.1 or late

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.148222");
  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:"2022-06-07 06:45:38 +0000 (Tue, 07 Jun 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-04-29 03:15:00 +0000 (Fri, 29 Apr 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-21449");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable"); # Depending on the installed JDK

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

  script_name("Elastic Elasticsearch Java Vulnerability (ESA-2022-06)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Privilege escalation");
  script_dependencies("gb_elastic_elasticsearch_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("elastic/elasticsearch/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Elastic Elasticsearch is prone to a vulnerability in Java.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A vulnerability affecting the implementation of Elliptic Curve
  Digital Signing Algorithm (ECDSA) based signatures verification in Java JDK versions 15 and later
  was published on April 19, 2022. This vulnerability affects Oracle Java and OpenJDK, including
  other JDKs derived from OpenJDK.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Elastic Elasticsearch version 6.8.x and 7.9.2 and later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.17.4, 8.2.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447");

  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 =~ "^6\.8\." ||
    version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "7.9.2", test_version_up: "7.17.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.17.4", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "8.0.0", test_version2: "8.2.0")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.2.1", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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03 Sep 2025 00:00Current
7.8High risk
Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 25
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.60336
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