IBM Security SOAR update for Elasticsearch

Published: 2021-09-28 | Updated: 2022-10-19

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-22137 CVE-2021-22135
CWE-ID	CWE-281 CWE-264
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Security SOAR Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Improper Preservation of Permissions

EUVDB-ID: #VU51712

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22137

CWE-ID: CWE-281 - Improper preservation of permissions

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to search queries do not properly preserve security permissions when executing certain cross-cluster search queries. A remote user can disclose existence of documents via search functionality, when Document or Field Level Security is used.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Security SOAR: 29.0 - 41.2.35

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-security-soar-is-using-a-version-of-elasticsearch-that-has-known-vulnerabilities-cve-2021-22137-cve-2021-22135/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6493015

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU51710