CVE-2020-7009

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Mar 31, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Jan 14, 2020

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ElasticsearchElastic	All versions from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 before 7.6.2Affected

References

https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-8-and-7-6-2-security-update/225920
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004/

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