Name: CVE-2021-37937: Improper Privilege Management
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-37937, CWE-269, CVSS 5.9, EPSS 0.00242

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Elastic Elasticsearch	—	Upgrade Elastic Elasticsearch to the latest version	May 13, 2025	Nov 22, 2023

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CVSS Details

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