CVE-2020-7009

HIGH8.8EPSS 0.43%

Improper Privilege Management in Elasticsearch

Published: 5/24/2022Modified: 4/3/2025

Also known as:GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2BIT-elasticsearch-2020-7009

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.

Affected packages (2)

Bitnami/elasticsearch>= 6.7.0, < 6.8.8, >= 7.0.0, < 7.6.2
Maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch>= 6.7.0, < 6.8.8

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (7)

ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7009
PATCHhttps://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
WEBhttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-8-and-7-6-2-security-update/225920
WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004
WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004/
WEBhttps://www.elastic.co/community/security
WEBhttps://www.elastic.co/community/security/