{"cve":"CVE-2021-22145","nvd":{"published":"2021-07-21T15:15:14.063","modified":"2026-06-17T03:36:41.770","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-209","CWE-200"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163648/ElasticSearch-7.13.3-Memory-Disclosure.html","https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-4-security-update/279177","https://gist.github.com/lucasdrufva/f9c5d7c9e26ee087b736d727953afd34","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006/","https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html"],"products":["elastic:elasticsearch","oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:21:13.713336758+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-22145","score":0.76249,"percentile":0.99537,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-q394-h7f5-7f44","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q394-h7f5-7f44","summary":"Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in Elasticsearch","modified":"2025-07-09T15:17:37.961672Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.client/elasticsearch-rest-client","ranges":[">=7.10.0 <7.13.4"],"fixed":["7.13.4"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}