6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-22144
Elasticsearch Grok Parser Uncontrolled Recursion Vulnerability
Description

In Elasticsearch versions before 7.13.3 and 6.8.17 an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability that could lead to a denial of service attack was identified in the Elasticsearch Grok parser. A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to Elasticsearch could create a malicious Grok query that will crash the Elasticsearch node.

INFO

Published Date :

July 26, 2021, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 10, 2022, 6:02 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-22144 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-22144 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Elastic elasticsearch
1 Oracle communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-22144.

URL Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-3-and-6-8-17-security-update/278100 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago
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Born at : Jan. 24, 2024, 4:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 83 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-22144 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-22144 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 27, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-3-and-6-8-17-security-update/278100 No Types Assigned https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-3-and-6-8-17-security-update/278100 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-674
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.8.17 *cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.13.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.14 }} 0.02%

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0.47639

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