CVE-2020-7009
Published Mar 31, 2020
Last updated 5 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- bressers@elastic.co
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 8
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "B1505B55-8739-46A0-874D-8A13FE402975",
"versionEndExcluding": "6.8.8",
"versionStartIncluding": "6.7.0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "226FB38D-4A53-4B74-AD24-24940DB7B40D",
"versionEndExcluding": "7.6.2",
"versionStartIncluding": "7.0.0"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]