Elastic Elasticsearch

CVE-2020-7014
HIGH 8.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 1.74 % · percentile 78 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
elastic
NVD status
Modified

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment
  • CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:PNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Advisories

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Elastic · Elasticsearchaffected 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD