{"id":"BIT-elasticsearch-2021-37937","summary":"Elasticsearch privilege escalation","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2021-37937"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:47:32.820874470Z","published":"2024-03-06T10:52:41.376Z","database_specific":{"severity":"High","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37937"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elasticsearch","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/elasticsearch"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"7.13.0"},{"fixed":"7.14.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/elasticsearch/BIT-elasticsearch-2021-37937.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}