Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2021-37937

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.

  • Published: Nov 22, 2023
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-37937
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.9
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
elastic / elasticsearch 7.13.0 7.14.0.x