CVE-2020-7014
Privilege Escalation Flaw in Elasticsearch
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.42%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-7014
To remediate CVE-2020-7014, 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-2020-7014 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 |