Elasticsearch versions before 7.11.2 and 6.8.15 contain a document disclosure flaw was found in the Elasticsearch suggester and profile API when Document and Field Level Security are enabled. The suggester and profile API are normally disabled for an index when document level security is enabled on the index. Certain queries are able to enable the profiler and suggester which could lead to disclosing the existence of documents and fields the attacker should not be able to view.

Affected Packages

Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

Affected versions: 7.0.0 (fixed in 7.11.2)

Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 6.8.15)

Related CVEs

CVE-2021-22135

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-62ww-4p3p-7fhj

Published

July 2, 2021 6:33 PM

Last Modified

May 25, 2021 8:48 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: November 26, 2025 6:30 AM

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