CVE-2021-22145

elasticsearch: memory disclosure in error reporting

Published Jul 21, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 76.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
A memory disclosure vulnerability was identified in Elasticsearch 7.10.0 to 7.13.3 error reporting. A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to Elasticsearch could submit a malformed query that would result in an error message returned containing previously used portions of a data buffer. This buffer could contain sensitive information such as Elasticsearch documents or authentication details.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q394-h7f5-7f44 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in Elasticsearch
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Jul 8, 2025, 10:53 AM
Reserved
Jan 4, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 21, 2021, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:36 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 20, 2021, 12:00 AM