Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerability detected in Elasticsearch before version 7.10.2 affects IBM Observability with Instana
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-22132
DESCRIPTION: Elastic Elasticsearch could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the async search API. By reading the .tasks index, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive request headers of other users in the cluster.
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/194942 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Observability with Instana (OnPrem) | All |
Remediation/Fixes
Update your existing installation of IBM Observability with Instana as described here: https://www.instana.com/docs/self_hosted_instana/operations#upgrade-your-container-based-installation
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
04 Oct 2021: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
11 January 2022
Initial Publish date:
04 October 2021
UID
ibm16495845