Elastic Enterprise Search App Search versions before 7.14.0 are vulnerable to an issue where API keys were missing authorization via an alt…

published 2021-09-15 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-9296

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

Elastic Enterprise Search App Search versions before 7.14.0 are vulnerable to an issue where API keys were missing authorization via an alternate route. Using this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could utilize API keys belonging to higher privileged users.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

elastic enterprise_search 7.14.0

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Exploit prediction

0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Elastic Elastic Enterprise Search

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

elastic.co /community/security/
vendor-advisory
discuss.elastic.co /t/elastic-stack-7-14-0-security-update/280344
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-22149
NVD CVE-2021-22149

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