CVE-2020-7021
MEDIUM4.9EPSS 0.29%Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in Elasticsearch
Published: 5/24/2022Modified: 4/3/2025
Description
Elasticsearch versions before 7.10.0 and 6.8.14 have an information disclosure issue when audit logging and the emit_request_body option is enabled. The Elasticsearch audit log could contain sensitive information such as password hashes or authentication tokens. This could allow an Elasticsearch administrator to view these details.
Affected packages (2)
- Bitnami/elasticsearchfrom 0, < 6.8.14, >= 7.0.0, < 7.10.0
- Maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchfrom 0, < 6.8.14
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7021
- PATCHhttps://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
- WEBhttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-11-0-and-6-8-14-security-update/263915
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210319-0003
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210319-0003/