First published: Wed Jul 21 2021(Updated: )
All versions of Elastic Cloud Enterprise has the Elasticsearch “anonymous” user enabled by default in deployed clusters. While in the default setting the anonymous user has no permissions and is unable to successfully query any Elasticsearch APIs, an attacker could leverage the anonymous user to gain insight into certain details of a deployed cluster.
Credit: bressers@elastic.co
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Elastic Elasticsearch | =7.13.3 |
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CVE-2021-22146 is a vulnerability in Elastic Cloud Enterprise that enables the Elasticsearch "anonymous" user by default in deployed clusters.
CVE-2021-22146 has a severity level of 7.5 (high).
CVE-2021-22146 affects all versions of Elastic Cloud Enterprise by enabling the Elasticsearch "anonymous" user by default in deployed clusters.
An attacker can leverage the "anonymous" user enabled by CVE-2021-22146 to gain unauthorized access and potentially perform unauthorized actions on Elasticsearch APIs.
Yes, there is a fix available for CVE-2021-22146. It is recommended to apply the security update provided by Elastic Cloud Enterprise.