CVE-2021-22997

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), BIG-IQ HA ElasticSearch service does not implement any form of authentication for the clustering transport services, and all data used by ElasticSearch for transport is unencrypted. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-306

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 31, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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