Vulnerability CVE-2021-37937


Published: 2023-11-22

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.

 References:
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

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