CVE-2021-37937
Elasticsearch privilege escalation
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
Description
An issue was found with how API keys are created with the Fleet-Server service account. When an API key is created with a service account, it is possible that the API key could be created with higher privileges than intended. Using this vulnerability, a compromised Fleet-Server service account could escalate themselves to a super-user.
How to fix CVE-2021-37937
To remediate CVE-2021-37937, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 7.14.1 or later
Is CVE-2021-37937 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 7.13.0, < 7.14.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |