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Elastic Elasticsearch: CVE-2021-22147: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 15, 2021
Added
May 13, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

Elasticsearch before 7.14.0 did not apply document and field level security to searchable snapshots. This could lead to an authenticated user gaining access to information that they are unauthorized to view.

Solution

elastic-elasticsearch-upgrade-latest
Title
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