What is CVE-2021-44833?

CVE-2021-44833 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Amazon AWS Opensearch, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-44833?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Amazon AWS Opensearch

CVE-2021-44833

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

EPSS: 0.016 (72.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Amazon Aws_opensearch — versions 1.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44833?: CVE-2021-44833 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Amazon AWS Opensearch, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-44833?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.