CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-7014

8.8 HIGH Published 2020-06-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-06-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-266, CWE-269

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.

Affected configurations

• elastic elasticsearch (>= 6.7.0 <= 6.8.7) • elastic elasticsearch (>= 7.0.0 <= 7.6.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

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

References