Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2020 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2020-7014

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Elasticsearch from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The fix for CVE-2020-7009 was found to be incomplete. Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys and also authentication tokens. An attacker who is able to generate an API key and an authentication token can perform a series of steps that result in an authentication token being generated with elevated privileges.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.elasticsearch:elasticsearch6.8.8GHSA-hqqv-9x3v-mp7w
Mavenorg.elasticsearch:elasticsearch7.6.2GHSA-hqqv-9x3v-mp7w

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Elasticsearch 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1

Weakness: CWE-266

References