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CVE-2021-37937

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.9 Published: 2023-11-22 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Elastic Elasticsearch

Weakness Type

CWE-269, NVD-CWE-noinfo

References