Elastic Elasticsearch

CVE-2020-7009
HIGH 8.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 1.88 % · percentile 79 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
elastic
NVD status
Modified

Description

Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 before 7.6.2 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys. An attacker who is able to generate an API key can perform a series of steps that result in an API key being generated with elevated privileges.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment
  • CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:PNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Advisories

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Elastic · Elasticsearchaffected All versions from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 before 7.6.2

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD