Vulnerability · Published Mar 31, 2020 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2020-7009

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 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.elasticsearch:elasticsearch6.8.8GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2
Mavenorg.elasticsearch:elasticsearch7.6.2GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Elasticsearch All versions from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 before 7.6.2

Weakness: CWE-266

References