Elastic Elasticsearch prior 7.14.0 API Key Generator privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Elastic Elasticsearch. Affected is an unknown function of the component API Key Generator. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-37937. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Elasticsearch and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component API Key Generator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 11/22/2023. The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-37937 since 08/03/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 7.14.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Elasticsearch 7.14.0

Timelineinfo

08/03/2021 🔍
11/22/2023 +841 days 🔍
11/22/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/15/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-37937 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-37937
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-245948

Entryinfo

Created: 11/22/2023 07:15
Updated: 12/15/2023 15:25
Changes: 11/22/2023 07:15 (49), 11/22/2023 10:41 (1), 12/15/2023 15:25 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
3 years ago
Good morning.
Could You align to the official NVD Nist CPEs "elasticsearch:kibana" or "elastic:kibana"?
We would appreciate it very much.
Best Ragards,
Team CERT
 VulDB Community Team3 years ago
Thank you, we have just aligned the CPE.

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