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CVE-2021-44833

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

9.8 Critical

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

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.61%Up 1.0 points since Dec 12, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

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

Record
CVE-2021-44833
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-276
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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

Record
CVE-2021-44833
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-31636 No score

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

Record
EUVD-2021-31636
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c9jx-56c3-85wf No score

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

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

Record
GHSA-c9jx-56c3-85wf
Weakness
CWE-276
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

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

Record
CVE-2021-44833
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2021-44833 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Amazon Aws Opensearch, published December 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.61%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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