CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-7018

8.8 HIGH Published 2020-08-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-08-18
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])
4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-266, CWE-269

Description

Elastic Enterprise Search before 7.9.0 contain a credential exposure flaw in the App Search interface. If a user is given the �developer� role, they will be able to view the administrator API credentials. These credentials could allow the developer user to conduct operations with the same permissions of the App Search administrator.

Affected configurations

• elastic enterprise search (< 7.9.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

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

References