CVE-2020-7019
Improper privilege management in elasticsearch
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
Description
In Elasticsearch before 7.9.0 and 6.8.12 a field disclosure flaw was found when running a scrolling search with Field Level Security. If a user runs the same query another more privileged user recently ran, the scrolling search can leak fields that should be hidden. This could result in an attacker gaining additional permissions against a restricted index.
How to fix CVE-2020-7019
To remediate CVE-2020-7019, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 6.8.12 or later
- —upgrade to 7.9.0 or later
Is CVE-2020-7019 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 6.8.12, >= 7.0.0, < 7.9.0
- >= 7.0.0, < 7.9.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |