CVE-2021-44833 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The CLI 1.0.0 for Amazon AWS OpenSearch has weak permissions for the configuration file.

Published: 2021-12-12

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_opensearch:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-31636	The CLI 1.0.0 for Amazon AWS OpenSearch has weak permissions for the configuration file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01611.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-cli/blob/275085730f791daccaac81c566a25f541656d9f9/commands/root.go#L43
https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-cli/commit/69dc712d0d0d05dc2bc2bd0d733c73e3641b633a

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Amazon Aws Opensearch

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-12-12T05:32:02.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:32:13.216Z

Reserved: 2021-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-44833

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-12T06:15:06.993

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:12:52.250

Link: CVE-2021-44833

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-276
Incorrect Default Permissions

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