GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2HighCVSS 8.8

Improper Privilege Management in Elasticsearch

Published
May 24, 2022
Last Modified
January 27, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-7009 →

📋 Description

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. 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.

🎯 Affected products2

  • maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:>= 6.7.0, <= 6.8.7
  • maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:>= 7.0.0, <= 7.6.1

🔗 References (5)