Description
Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) versions prior to 1.1.0 generate passwords using a weak random number generator. If an attacker is able to determine when the current Elastic Stack cluster was deployed they may be able to more easily brute force the Elasticsearch credentials generated by ECK.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0035
EPSS Percentile
57.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-335
Status
published
Products (2)
elastic/cloud-on-k8s
0 - 1.1.0Go
elastic/elastic_cloud_on_kubernetes
< 1.1.0
Published
Jun 03, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026