Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2020 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2020-7010
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 26.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) versions prior to 1.1.0 generate passwords using a weak random number generator. If an attacker is able to determine when the current Elastic Stack cluster was deployed they may be able to more easily brute force the Elasticsearch credentials generated by ECK.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s | 1.1.0 | GHSA-vfp4-xx6m-7vf6 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | kubernetes | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7010 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | kubernetes | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7010 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes | before 1.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-335
References
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ x_refsource_MISC