CVE-2020-7009
Improper Privilege Management in Elasticsearch
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.43%
Description
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. 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.
How to fix CVE-2020-7009
To remediate CVE-2020-7009, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 6.8.8 or later
- —upgrade to 6.8.8 or later
Is CVE-2020-7009 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 6.7.0, < 6.8.8, >= 7.0.0, < 7.6.2
- >= 6.7.0, < 6.8.8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |