CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-7009
High (8.8) in elastic elasticsearch. EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch 6.8.8, 7.6.2.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-269, CWE-266
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- elastic:elasticsearch
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2 | Maven | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | >=6.7.0 <6.8.8 | 6.8.8 |
| GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2 | Maven | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | >=7.0.0 <7.6.2 | 7.6.2 |
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-8-and-7-6-2-security-update/225920
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004/
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-8-and-7-6-2-security-update/225920
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004/